Naperville home catches fire
No injuries were reported after a fire broke out in a Naperville home Monday evening, officials said,
A resident of the three-story, wood-framed home called Naperville's Public Safety Answering Point about 8:55 p.m. because a smoke alarm was going off. Minutes later, the resident reported seeing smoke in the house.
Naperville firefighters responded to the home on the 500 block of West Jefferson Avenue by 9 p.m.
Firefighters extinguished the blaze within 40 minutes. All the residents - including two adults, seven children and a dog - had safely left the home before the fire department arrived.
The home was deemed uninhabitable. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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