Photos: Multiple fire departments respond to a 4-alarm fire in downtown Mendota

Fire departments from Peru, Spring Valley, Princeton and Mendota use aerial ladder trucks to attack the flames on top of buildings on the 700 block of Illinois Avenue in downtown Mendota on Friday, Dec. 29, 2022. A four-alarm fire summoned fire departments from the region. The fire occurred shortly after 9 p.m. (Scott Anderson)