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Empty Streator home a total loss after Monday night fire · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Empty street or home a total loss after Monday night fire Written
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  by Michael Urbanek. This article is being read by an automated voice,
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  brought to you by Everlet. Grand Ridge, Streeter, Reading and Toneka Fire
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  Departments responded Monday night to a fire in the 200 block of
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  West 2nd Street Streeter. Grand Ridge Fire Chief Jim Roo said the
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  two-story brick home was a total loss which required three hand lines
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  and multiple engines for water. Roo said firefighters knocked down the fire
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  and were able to prevent damage to nearby homes. There were also
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  three horses in the field behind the home.
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  Who were able to escape safely. Darren Rafferty, who owns the property,
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  said the home was being used to store wood and other furniture.
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  He said there was approximately 20,000 worth of wood inside the home
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  Rani Dion said Rafferty has owned the building for twenty five years
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  and nobody had lived in it for some time. Neighbor Erica Morgan
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  was one of a few people who called emergency services. She said
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  she knew the home didn't have functioning utilities. Roos said the fire
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  investigator was notified due to comments made by bystanders, and the fire
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  marshal will be back Tuesday to investigate the fire. Ottawa and Marseille
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  fire departments also assisted on the call, along with the Illinois State
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  Police, Streeter Police Department, and the LaSalle County Sheriff's Office. This story
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  will be updated as more information becomes available.