Streator mobile home a total loss after fire

Residents of a mobile home escaped a fire without injury Thursday in Streator.

The Reading Volunteer Fire Department, along with Long Point and Cornell firefighters, responded about 8 a.m. Thursday to a home fully engulfed in flames at 1410 E. Elm St. with exposure to other structures nearby, leading Assistant Fire Chief Darrell Porter to issue a Mutual Aid Box Alarm System alert for assistance.

Grand Ridge, Streator, Lostant and Allen Township (Ransom) departments also responded, along with the La Salle County Sheriff’s Office, La Salle County Emergency Management Agency, Streator EMS and Eastern Marshall County EMS.

The fire was contained in about an hour, with a total of 33 firefighters responding. Crews remained at the scene for three hours to extinguish hot spots and ensure the fire wouldn’t reignite.

No one was injured, Porter said. Residents were out of the home at the time of the fire department’s arrival. The home was a total loss.

The Illinois State Fire Marshal’s Office was at the scene to investigate the cause of the fire.

Vermilion Valley Regional Emergency Communications, Streator police, Nicor Gas, ComEd and Illinois American Water also assisted in the response.