MENDOTA – Fire totally destroyed a two-story house at 73 N. 43rd Road, Mendota, on Jan. 2. The Mendota Fire Department received the call at 8:31 a.m. and was on scene five minutes later. MABAS Box Alarm was activated to the second level.
Engines from Mendota, Troy Grove, LaSalle, Peru and Sublette were on scene, in addition to squads from Mendota and Troy Grove, tenders from Mendota, Troy Grove, Sublette, Compton, Earlville and LaMoille (two) and an ambulance from Peru EMS. Change of quarters was supplied by Oglesby with an engine and Amboy with an ambulance.
No cause of the fire has been determined. The Illinois State Fire Marshal was called and two investigators were sent to the scene.
ValCom and Ottawa MABAS Dispatch handled the calls.
Others that assisted were the Mendota Police Department and LaSalle County EMA for traffic control, Mendota Street Department, Otterbach Excavation, ComEd and Kurt Bruno, who supplied food and water to the personnel.
The last emergency unit cleared the scene at 3:19 p.m.
