Fire Leaves Home Uninhabitable In Naperville Apartment Building

NAPERVILLE, IL — A fire broke out in a multi-unit residence in Naperville Friday, leaving one of the homes inside uninhabitable. Firefighters responded to a call of a fire in the 1300 block of East Chicago Rd. at approximately 12:34 p.m., according to a news release from Naperville Fire Department Division Chief Amy Scheller.

No residents or firefighters were harmed.

According to Scheller, fire was visible on the building's roof and third floor when fire crews arrived at the scene. A fire hose and a ladder crew battled the blaze on the roof as a separate crew conducted a search of the building.

Firefighters were able to extinguish the flames in 30 minutes, Scheller wrote, and one unit was deemed uninhabitable because of fire and smoke damage. The other residents were able to return to their units in the building.

Scheller wrote that the cause of the fire was found to be accidental.

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