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No serious injuries reported in Long Grove house fire

Crews from 16 suburban fire departments battled a house fire in Long Grove early Monday.

No one was seriously injured in the fire on the 3200 block of Victorian Lane. Four people inside the two-story house breathed in some smoke before getting outside, but they didn't require hospitalization, authorities said.

The fire was reported about 6:30 a.m. Crews from the Long Grove Fire Protection District were joined on the scene by firefighters from Arlington Heights, Barrington, Buffalo Grove and other towns.

The fire apparently started in an attached three-car garage and spread to rooms over the garage and the roof, authorities said.

The fire was extinguished shortly after 7 a.m.

Route 53 was temporarily closed between Route 83 and Victorian Drive due to the blaze.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Damage to the house, two cars in the garage and one car on the driveway was estimated at $275,000.

  A Monday morning house fire on the 3200 block of Victorian Lane in Long Grove caused an estimated $275,000 in damage to the house and three cars, officials said. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A house fire on the 3200 block of Victorian Lane in Long Grove appears to have started in the garage Monday morning, officials said. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
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