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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. A fire official said the dog jumped up for a pizza box that was on the stove, knocking the burner switch into the "on" position. "Nobody was home so it extended up to the cabinets and into the kitchen," South Elgin and Countryside Fire Protection District Chief Joe Cluchey said.