Two dead, one critically injured in early morning Streamwood house fire
Two people are dead and another is in critical condition after an early morning house fire in Streamwood Tuesday.
Firefighters responded to the fire just after 1:15 a.m. on the 1200 block of North Green Meadows Boulevard. Witnesses reported residents were potentially trapped inside, fire officials said.
The fire was in the basement of the two-story, single-family house.
Firefighters rescued three people from the home. Resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful on two of the residents, while a third was taken to a hospital in critical condition, fire officials said.
Fire officials identified the two people killed as 74-year-old Dale Wians and 29-year-old Brandon Wians.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation, though fire officials don’t believe it to be suspicious.
Damage was estimated at about $150,000.