FREEPORT, Ill. (WTVO) — A two-story Freeport home is considered a total loss after a fire ripped through the interior on Thursday morning.
The Freeport Fire Department reported smoke was seen coming from a home in the area of Miami and Garden Street, prompting firefighters, along with Freeport Police and the Illinois State Fire Marshall’s Office, to converge on the scene.
All residents of the home in the 1000 block of South Miami were able to evacuate, officials said. Firefighters launched an “aggressive” attack on the fire, but the intensity force them to fall into a defensive position to bring the blaze under control…