No injuries reported in late-night Winfield house fire

No injuries were reported from a late-night house fire in Winfield Monday.

Firefighters were called to the home on the 28W100 block of Manchester Road just after 11 p.m. by residents reporting a blaze on the first floor of the two-story, single-family house.

The residents had escaped safely before firefighters arrived.

The fire was extinguished within 10 minutes of firefighters' arrival. They were on scene for nearly an hour longer checking for hot spots.

The fire started in a room used as an office, but the cause remains under investigation. No damage estimate was available.