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Fire causes extensive damage to vacant townhouse near Oak Brook

The investigation continues into what triggered a fire Thursday morning in a vacant townhouse on the 2S700 block of Avenue La Tours West near Oak Brook.

Firefighters were called to the scene in unincorporated DuPage County at 5:25 a.m., authorities said, and found the townhouse completely engulfed in flames.

The townhouse was being renovated at the time and no one was inside, the DuPage County sheriff's office said in a news release.

No injuries were reported, York Center Fire Protection District Deputy Chief Rick Sanborn said.

Extensive damage was visible on the second story in one unit of the six-unit townhouse building.

Firefighters from York Center, Oak Brook, Lombard and Villa Park responded.

The cause of the blaze is under investigation by the DuPage County Fire Investigation Task Force.

  Firefighters wrap up at the scene of a Thursday morning fire in a vacant townhouse near Oak Brook. Chacour koop/ckoop@dailyherald.com
  The scene Thursday of a blaze in a vacant townhouse in the 2S700 block of Latour Street near Oak Brook. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
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