A woman is dead after a house fire Thursday night on the 39W500 block of Hemlock Drive near St. Charles.
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One person is dead following a house fire Thursday night near St. Charles.
Fox River & Countryside Fire Protection District firefighters responded to the two-story, single-family home at the corner of Hemlock Drive and Overcup Court just after 8 p.m.
The home was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived. Neighbors told firefighters someone might be trapped inside.
Fire officials said they found a woman unresponsive on the rear deck of the home. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
A woman is dead after a house fire Thursday night on the 39W500 block of Hemlock Drive near St. Charles.
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The home is in an unincorporated area of Kane County with no fire hydrants nearby. It took firefighters roughly an hour to extinguish the blaze, which caused an estimated $500,000 in damage.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
It was the first of two house fires district firefighters battled Thursday night with the help of dozens of other neighboring agencies.
The second fire was reported just after 8:30 p.m. on the 7N400 block of Homeward Glen Drive near Campton Hills.
Flames were visible through the roof of an attached three-car garage, but no injuries were reported. Residents were evaluated at the scene and released, fire officials said.
Again, fire officials said their efforts were hampered by the lack of fire hydrants in the area, requiring special equipment and the assistance of neighboring departments to bring water.
It took nearly an hour to bring the fire under control. Damage to the home is estimated at $200,000.
The cause of the blaze remains under investigation.