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Camper destroyed in Peru cooking accident · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Camper Destroyed in Peru Cooking Accident Written by Tom Collins
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  Speaker 1: This article is being read by an automated voice, brought
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  Speaker 1: to you by Everlit. A cooking accident is being blamed
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  Speaker 1: for a Tuesday morning fire that destroyed a small camper
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  Speaker 1: at Tiki Inn, Peru. The occupant escaped and declined medical treatment.
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  Speaker 1: Peru Fire Chief Jeff King said, Firefighters from multiple companies
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  Speaker 1: were dispatched after the unidentified owner of the camper called
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  Speaker 1: 911 to report a fire that started when his propane
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  Speaker 1: stove malfunctioned. Firefighters arrived, King said, and found that the
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  Speaker 1: occupant had inhaled a little bit of smoke, but he
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  Speaker 1: refused transfer by ambulance, so he was fine. He said
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  Speaker 1: he was starting to cook something on the stove, King said.
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  Speaker 1: It appeared there was a stove malfunction and the fire
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  Speaker 1: came up. He couldn't put it out, so he got
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  Speaker 1: out of the trailer, and by the time he made
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  Speaker 1: a phone call, the trailer was pretty much fully involved.
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  Speaker 1: King confirmed, that campers tend to be highly flammable, and
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  Speaker 1: that this unit was small. He estimated the fire was
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  Speaker 1: knocked down within five to ten minutes of arrival. LaSalle,
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  Speaker 1: Spring Valley, Troy Grove, and Oglesby responded to the mutual
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  Speaker 1: aid summons.