Home damaged in Streator fire

Reading, Long Point, Cornell and Streator firefighters teamed up Wednesday afternoon to knock down a house fire in the 1600 block of South Bloomington Street in Streator.

Reading fire Chief Tom Metzke said his department was dispatched at 3:33 p.m. Wednesday and arrived at the scene in 10 minutes, making entry through the home’s front door before finding a fire in the basement.

Firefighters knocked down the fire and continued while mutual aid departments arrived at the scene. They then conducted an initial survey of the first floor, basement and attic. No injuries were reported, and the homeowner was not home at the time of the fire.

Metzke estimates that the fire did about $75,000 worth of damage to the home.

Mutual Aid Box Alarm System Division 25 assisted at the scene with its air truck.