Electrical fire sparks Wadsworth blaze
Officials responded to a home fire in residential Wadsworth early Tuesday morning.
Dep. Chief Joe Hubbard of the Newport Township Fire Protection District said an electrical fire sparked the attic blaze at 2:11 a.m. at 14430 Yorkhouse Road early Tuesday.
He said the attic of the single-family home was completely engulfed in flame when units arrived on the scene.
"It spread quick," he said. "Luckily, the family was able to get out in time."
No one was injured in the fire, he said, because the homeowner had just returned home from work moments before the fire started. However, one person was transported to Victory East Medical Center in Waukegan for an unrelated medical issue.
He said there were no working smoke alarms in the home, however.
It took about four-and-a-half hours for the fire to be fully extinguished. The home is uninhabitable, he said. Damage estimates were unknown.
Units from Zion, Beach Park, Winthrop Harbor, Waukegan, Gurnee, Antioch, Fox Lake, Lake Villa, and Antioch were called to the scene to assist inthe blaze, as was Wisconsin units from Salem, Bristol, and Pleasant Prairie.
Dep. Chief Joe Hubbard of the Newport Township Fire Protection District said an electrical fire sparked the attic blaze at 2:11 a.m. at 14430 Yorkhouse Road early Tuesday.
He said the attic of the single-family home was completely engulfed in flame when units arrived on the scene.
"It spread quick," he said. "Luckily, the family was able to get out in time."
No one was injured in the fire, he said, because the homeowner had just returned home from work moments before the fire started. However, one person was transported to Victory East Medical Center in Waukegan for an unrelated medical issue.
He said there were no working smoke alarms in the home, however.
It took about four-and-a-half hours for the fire to be fully extinguished. The home is uninhabitable, he said. Damage estimates were unknown.
Units from Zion, Beach Park, Winthrop Harbor, Waukegan, Gurnee, Antioch, Fox Lake, Lake Villa, and Antioch were called to the scene to assist inthe blaze, as was Wisconsin units from Salem, Bristol, and Pleasant Prairie.