NAPERVILLE (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - An elderly man was killed and another person was injured in a house fire Tuesday afternoon in Naperville.
Fire crews responded to the 3500 block of Redwing Court just after 3 p.m.
There was heavy fire on the first and second floors of a large home. Most of the residents had escaped.
It was learned that the elderly man was trapped on the second floor. Firefighters worked to knock down the fire enough for a rescue.
The stairway had collapsed, according to the department. Fire had burned through the second floor.
The department said a ladder rescue wasn’t possible. Fire was coming out nearly all of the second-floor windows.
There were reports that a candle or candles may have started the fire.
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