Fire At Orland Park Home Contained To Garage

ORLAND PARK, IL — Fire crews from a dozen departments in the south suburbs teamed to save an Orland Park home from further damage after a fire broke out in an attached garage in the 15200 block of Woodmar Drive around 9 p.m. Friday. Firefighters with the Orland Fire Protection District were the first to respond to the blaze, a spokesman for the department said.

They found a one-and-a-half story home with "heavy smoke and fire" in the attached garage and made "an aggressive attack" with two hand lines preventing the fire from extending into the attic of the home, the spokesman said.

No one was injured in the fire, and the homeowners were not displaced. According to Orland fire, the fire started in the garage and was contained there "with very little extension into the utility room." Minimal smoke damage did extend into the home, according to the fire district.

Helping Orland put out the fire were departments from Tinley Park, Palos, Palos Heights, Crestwood, N.W. Homer, Homer, Frankfort, New Lenox, Argonne, Oak Forest and Matteson.