Bartlett garage fire causes minor injury, leaves home uninhabitable
Posted March 21, 2019 1:00 am
A resident suffered minor burn and a Bartlett house was left uninhabitable by a fire in an attached three-car garage on Wednesday afternoon.
The Bartlett Fire Protection District received the call to the 1800 block of Burton Drive at 1:50 p.m., arrived at 1:55 p.m. and declared the fire under control at 2:50 p.m.
The cause of the fire remained under investigation Thursday, and a monetary estimate of damage had not yet been determined.
The injured resident was treated at the scene. No firefighters were hurt.
The fire caused significant damage to the garage and smoke damage to the house.
Firefighters from Streamwood, South Elgin, Elgin and West Chicago assisted Bartlett units while Bartlett police provided traffic and crowd control.
Bartlett and other area rescue personnel battled a garage fire Wednesday in the 1800 block of Burton Drive in Bartlett. A resident suffered a minor injury in the fire, which left the home uninhabitable.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Homeowners and onlookers watch Bartlett and other area rescue personnel battle a garage fire Wednesday in the 1800 block of Burton Drive in Bartlett.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Bartlett and other area rescue personnel battled a garage fire Wednesday in the 1800 block of Burton Drive in Bartlett.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
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