Fire causes extensive damage to Glen Ellyn house

Article posted: 3/27/2012 7:20 PM

Flames shoot through the roof of a house Tuesday on the 1S400 block of Sunnybrook Lane in an unincorporated area near Glen Ellyn.

Bev Horne | Staff Photographer

Firefighters from Glen Ellyn and neighboring departments battle a house fire Tuesday on the 1S400 block of Sunnybrook Lane.

Bev Horne | Staff Photographer

The owners of a house on the 1S400 block of Sunnybrook Lane near Glen Ellyn get a hug during a fire on Tuesday.

Bev Horne | Staff Photographer

Fire caused extensive damage Tuesday afternoon to a house that was being remodeled on the 1S400 block of Sunnybrook Road near Glen Ellyn, authorities said.

Glen Ellyn Lt. Craig Eldridge said firefighters responded at 12:47 p.m. for what became a three-alarm blaze that swept the attic and second floor of the house. Crews from several area departments assisted.

There was a lot of fire in that house when we got here so it was a matter of opening the house up and finding it. It wasnt a small fire when we got here, Eldridge said. Theres heavy, extensive damage to this house.

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