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Firefighters battle fire in Peru early on Saturday · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Firefighters battle fire in Peru early on Saturday. Written by Matthias Warner
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  by Everlit. Fire was ablaze early Saturday morning in eastern Peru. At
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  6:04 a.m, the Peru Fire Department was dispatched to the 1400 block
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  of Bluff Street to respond to a residential house fire, Peru Fire
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  Chief Jeff King
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  said Upon arrival, First Inn units began to deploy attack lines and
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  initiated a transitional attack, King said. Interior search operations were initiated, but
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  the crew was repelled by rapidly deteriorating conditions. King said that those
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  conditions led to the defensive operations executed by response personnel for the
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  remainder of the effort. The heavy Fire was coming from the rear
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  of the home. King said that within two hours, the fire was
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  under control thanks to the efforts of ten supporting agencies. The LaSalle
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  fire Department, Utica Fire Department, Oglesby Fire Department, Spring Valley Fire Department,
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  Tanika Fire Department, Standard Fire Department, Peru Police Department, Valcom Dispatch, Peru
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  Ambulance, and Peru Electric and Public Works. There were no injuries. The
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  cause of the fire has yet to be determined, and the damage
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  estimates are not yet available, King said.