The Danville Fire Department battled two house fires recently. Firefighters responded to a reported structure fire in a large residence located at 912 N. Hazel Street on Friday evening. Upon arrival firefighters encountered heavy fire coming from the building. By-standers told firefighters that everyone was out of the building. Firefighters found a dog and several cats in the building and removed them.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation. No injuries were reported. No working smoke detectors were present. The estimated Dollar Loss is over 26 thousand dollars.
On Tuesday, Firefighters were called to an early morning fire located at 310 N. Crawford Street. The first arriving fire crews located a fire on the outside of the structure. A pile of building materials had burned and spread to the exterior of the home. Firefighters extinguished the fire before it could enter the residence.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation. No injuries were reported, and the damage estimate is 15 hundred dollars.
