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  Speaker 1: Ottawa home significantly damaged in fire. Written by Shaw Local
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  Speaker 1: News Network. This article is being read by an automated
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  Speaker 1: voice brought to you by Everlit. An Ottawa home was
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  Speaker 1: left uninhabitable after a fire broke out early Monday. The
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  Speaker 1: Ottawa Fire Department responded at 4.14 a.m. Monday to a
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  Speaker 1: home in the 900 block of West Washington Street for
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  Speaker 1: a report of heavy smoke and flames. Ottawa Fire Department
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  Speaker 1: officials said in a news release. The home's occupants were
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  Speaker 1: all outside and accounted for by fire personnel. Paramedics evaluated
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  Speaker 1: them at the scene for minor injuries which did not
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  Speaker 1: require any further treatment, fire officials said. No firefighters were
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  Speaker 1: reported injured. The first arriving crews observed heavy fire and
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  Speaker 1: smoke coming from the front of the home when they arrived.
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  Speaker 1: The fire was under control at 4.38 a.m. and extinguished
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  Speaker 1: at 4.37 a.m. A fire investigation started and the Illinois
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  Speaker 1: State Fire Marshal was requested. The investigation found the fire
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  Speaker 1: was accidental and caused by an overheated power cord supplying
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  Speaker 1: a large appliance in the kitchen, fire officials said. The
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  Speaker 1: fire spread to nearby combustible materials and then throughout much
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  Speaker 1: of the home, causing extensive fire, heat, and smoke damage throughout,
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  Speaker 1: fire officials said. The home was uninhabitable and would need
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  Speaker 1: a total rehab to be habitable. Deputy Fire Chief Michael
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  Speaker 1: Mills said.