Fire guts W. Chicago house

Snowy roads slowed firefighters responding to a Wednesday night house fire in West Chicago.

The blaze, which started just after 8 p.m., left the single-family house at 1012 Elizabeth St. uninhabitable.

Two residents who were in the home when the fire started were taken to Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield. They were treated for smoke inhalation and released.

The blaze started in a bedroom on the second floor and eventually spread to the attic, West Chicago Fire Protection District officials said.

Deputy Fire Chief Bob Hodge said it took firefighters more than 30 minutes to extinguish the flames.

"It took us longer than it would have normally taken us because we were driving in the snow," Hodge said.

The cause of the fire is undetermined, but Hodge said it wasn't weather related.

A damage estimate was unavailable Thursday. However, damage is so severe that repairs must be made before anyone can live there.

Meanwhile, the residents who lived in the house have been temporarily relocated, officials said.

The Geneva, Warrenville, Wheaton and Winfield fire departments assisted West Chicago in battling the fire.