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Fox Lake Fire Destroys Three Homes, Two Suffer Minor Injuries

Investigators are working to determine the cause with assistance from the State Fire Marshal.

Overview

  • Crews were dispatched at 2:41 a.m. to the Howard Drive and Lower Howard Drive area just off Fox Lake.
  • First-arriving units found one house fully engulfed with flames extending to neighboring structures.
  • Command elevated the incident to a second alarm, bringing mutual aid from more than a dozen departments and county agencies.
  • Firefighters and EMS operated on scene for nearly 10 hours during the multi-structure response.
  • One firefighter and one resident were treated for minor injuries and later released from the hospital.