Fire damages St. Charles home
Posted February 20, 2015 10:00 pm
No one was injured in a fire that began early Saturday in the attic of a single-family home in the 36W800 block of Middlecreek Lane in St. Charles.
One of the occupants woke up about 3:40 a.m. Saturday, smelled smoke and called 911. Firefighters from the Fox River & Countryside Fire District extinguished the fire which broke out in an attic area above a bathroom and which burned completely through several attic joists, authorities said.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. Authorities estimated damage totaled $20,000.
Fire departments from Pingree Grove, Elgin, South Elgin and Elburn provided assistance.