Crest Hill House Fire On Manico Drive

CREST HILL, IL — The Lockport Township Fire Protection District put out a fire at a house in the 2200 block of Manico Drive in Crest Hill late Tuesday night. Fire department officials say the cause of the blaze appears to be accidental.

Shortly before 11:30 p.m., the Lockport Township Fire Protection District engines and trucks arrived at the house fire on Manico Drive. The house where the fire happened is in the neighborhood between Gaylord and Plainfield Roads.

"Fire companies arrived to find heavy smoke and fire conditions coming from the garage of a split level home," fire officials announced in Wednesday's news release.

The fire started in the garage and it took firefighters about 15 minutes to get the fire under control. The residents of the house were displaced because of the fire and smoke damage and the utilities had to be disconnected.

"All occupants of the building were able to safely evacuate prior to the fire departments arrival and a couple of the occupants were checked out for possible smoke inhalation. None of the occupants needed further medical attention or transportation to the hospital," Lockport Township fire officials said.