All Residents Displaced from Apartment Building After Fire Damages Gas Line

Naperville, IL — All residents of an apartment building in the 800 block of Pomeroon Ave. were relocated after utilities were shut off due to a fire damaging a gas line.

Naperville firefighters were called at around 1:56 p.m. for the Sunday afternoon blaze. Arriving crews noticed nothing showing from the 20-unit apartment building, but soon detected an odor of smoke upon entering the building, according to Naperville Fire Department Bureau Chief Amy Scheller.

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“The engine officer immediately began a search for the source of the smoke and began to evacuate residents,” Scheller said. “Crews identified a small hidden fire between the second and third floor space of two apartments and upgraded the alarm to a general alarm structure fire response.”

The fire was extinguished within 10 minutes, Scheller said. Ceiling damage was reported in a second floor apartment, along with floor damage in a third floor unit. No damage was reported to any additional units, but a damaged gas line resulted in a shutdown of utilities.

The building was deemed uninhabitable and residents from all 20 units are in the process of being relocated due to utilities being shut off.

The cause of the fire is currently under investigation by the Naperville Fire Investigation Team. There were no reported injuries to firefighters or citizens.