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  House fire near downtown.
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  Mendota Written by Matthias Warner This article is being read
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  by an automated voice, brought to you by Everlit. The Mendota Fire
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  Department was dispatched to a house fire at around 1 p.m. Tuesday
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  in the 900 block of Jefferson Street near downtown. There they Mendota
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  Fire Department, along with the La Salle Fire Department, Peru Fire Department
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  and Troy Grove Fire Department battled a Fire in the rear portion
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  of the home. Six of The structure's residents were home at the
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  time, and all escaped unscathed. One resident said that they were able
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  to evacuate their pets as well, including cats, dogs, turtles and chinchillas.
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  Within fifty minutes of engaging the flames, Mendota Fire Chief Nathan Tolley
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  said that the fire was under control. The fire was extinguished at
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  two fifteen PM. Tolly said that the suspected cause of the fire
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  was electrical, although the state's fire marshal would have to later confirm
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  that as the
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  cause. Power to the home was shut off to lower the risk
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  of any rekindling. Comed and Nikor later arrived to assess the next
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  steps. Tolly said that the balloon frame structure of the home made
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  it easier for the fire to spread and damage all floors, although
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  there is no damage estimate as of yet. While the other fire
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  departments departed around three p.m, members of the Mendota Fire Department were
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  still at the scene as of four forty five p.m.