9 People Escape Fire That Destroyed Garage, 3 Vehicles

PLAINFIELD, IL — Plainfield fire officials said nine people — all adults — escaped without injury from a house fire Tuesday night on Douglas Drive. Fire Chief Jon Stratton said firefighters responded to the fire in the 24000 block of Douglas near Route 59 around 8:30 p.m.

A three-car garage was fully involved and the fire had spread to the attached two-story home, Stratton said. All three vehicles inside the garage were destroyed, and Stratton estimated the smoke and structural damage to the home at around $150,000.

Stratton said the cause of the fire remains under investigation but it is believed to have started in the garage.

The blaze left the home uninhabitable and snarled traffic along nearby Route 59, Stratton said.

Plainfield firefighters were assisted by crews from Oswego, Naperville and Bolingbrook and got the fire under control within around 15 minutes.