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Explosion leads to garage fire in Mendota · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Explosion leads to garage fire and Mendoda Written by Mathias Werner.
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  This article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  to you by Everlett. The Mendoda Fire Department responded to
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  a dispatch call at nine to forty nine am Thursday
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  to a house fire on the east side of town
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  after a passerby noticed smoke coming from the home. An
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  explosion in the attached garage and the nine hundred block
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  of First Avenue in Mendota prompted a call to response personnel.
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  Mendoda Fire Chief Dennis Rudeshauser said the department arrived on
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  the scene at nine fifty two am. With no residence
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  home at the time of the fire. First responders breached
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  the front door to fight the fire in the garage
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  and attic. Rudeshauser said the fire was contained within fifteen
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  minutes of first engagement. Personnel from Sublet Peru and LaSalle
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  County joined the Mendoda Fire Department in combatting the flames.
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  The cause of the fire was determined to be electrical,
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  with a battery charging station featuring rechargeable battery packs and
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  other charging tools overloading an outlet in the garage and
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  starting the fire, Kahmed shut off power to the home.
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  Fire damage was limited to the garage, the attic above,
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  and the walls connected to the main house. Water and
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  smoke damage extended further into the home. The owners of
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  the property were not at home at the time of
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  the fire, but their son was notified and arrived on
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  the scene while response personnel were present. The last response
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  unit left the scene at eleven thirty six am.