The Chicago Sun-Times
BLOOMINGDALE, Ill. — A firefighter was apparently seriously injured Monday morning battling a blaze that gutted a home in an unincorporated area of DuPage County near northwest suburban Bloomingdale.
The fire started about 2 a.m. in a single-family home on Foster Avenue in Bloomingdale Township, Roselle Fire Protection District Shift Cmdr. Christopher Howell said.
Responding crews found the occupants had already safely gotten out of the home, according to a fire protection district release. The attached garage was engulfed in heavy smoke and flames which spread into the home and Howell said the blaze was elevated to a box alarm at 2:37 a.m.
One firefighter was injured and taken by an Advanced Life Support ambulance to Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village, according to Howell, who declined to comment on the nature of the firefighter’s injuries.
The box alarm was canceled and the fire controlled at 3:24 a.m. and the house and garage were both severely damaged by the fire. The brick walls were still standing but the inside of the house was gutted, Howell said.
Fire investigators are interviewing the residents and probing the scene to determine the cause. The home’s residents will all be displaced.
The fire is under investigation and it’s not clear Monday morning what may have caused the blaze or whether it is suspicious.
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