Dog’s grab for pizza may have started S. Elgin fire

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	South Elgin firefighters remove some of the burned contents Monday from a home on the 900 block of Kane Street in South Elgin.   Christopher Hankins | Staff Photographer
	Two South Elgin firefighters bring a hose line out of the home Monday after helping to extinguish a fire on the 900 block of Kane Street.   Christopher Hankins | Staff Photographer

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A dog jumping for a pizza box on the stove may have led to a Monday morning kitchen fire that left a South Elgin family with heavy damage to their duplex home.

The fire, which started around 9 a.m. on the 900 block of Kane Street, is believed to have been caused by one of the large dogs living there. The dog jumped up for a pizza box that was on the stove, knocking the burner switch into the "on" position, said South Elgin and Countryside Fire Protection District Chief Joe Cluchey.

"Nobody was home so it extended up to the cabinets and into the kitchen," Cluchey said.

Once they arrived on the scene, firefighters were able to get both dogs out of the residence and contain the fire to that portion of the home, although smoke damage was more widespread.

Cluchey said approximately $65,000 in damage was done to the structure, and another $35,000 to the contents.