Fire Displaces All Residents Of Apartment Building In Wheaton

WHEATON, IL — Every resident in a 16-unit apartment building was displaced from their home after a large fire broke in a building on College Avenue in Wheaton Wednesday.

Fire fighters were called to the 1000 block of College Avenue around 2 p.m. and arrived at the scene to find significant fire in a unit on the building's first floor. It took about 15 minutes for fire crews to extinguish most of the blaze.

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No one was hurt in the fire. The displaced residents are being assisted with housing by the American Red Cross.

The cause of the blaze is under investigation.