Alton Fire Department Battle Two Structure Fires Thursday Night
ALTON – Alton and East Alton Fire Departments were kept busy Thursday night after battling two structure fires. The first one came in at around 10:50 p.m. of a fully involved structure fire in the 2600 block of Amelia St.
When firefighters arrived on scene the vacant home had fire through the roof. Firefighter was able to get the fire under control pretty quickly, but the house was a total loss. Due to no power going to the house the Alton Fire Department requested the Illinois State Fire Marshal. East Alton Fire Department was requested for mutual aid.
While firefighters were battling the fire on Amelia St. Alton was paged for a structure fire in the 500 block of Ridge Street for an apartment on fire. East Alton Fire Department left the first scene along with one truck from Alton and responded to the Ridge St. fire.
When firefighters arrived on scene smoke could be seen coming from the apartment. Firefighters quickly got the fire under control. A couch was pulled from the apartment, and it was burned up.
Neighbors said right before the fire the tenants from the fire were arguing and left right before the smoke could be seen.
No injuries were reported at both fires. Both fires are being labeled as suspicious.
