Excerpts from the Herald-news.com:

The Joliet Fire Department was dispatched at 10:37 p.m. Saturday to a home in the 2900 block of Sun Valley Court in Joliet, according to department Battalion Chief Laroy Aldridge. The residence has a Plainfield mailing address but is in Joliet city limits.

When firefighters arrived at the house, a person who was found to be a basement tenant was at the driveway and told responders firefighters there were two people inside, Aldridge said.

Crews found a man on the first floor who was pronounced dead at 11:50 p.m. at the scene, according to the Will County Coroner’s Office. A woman found on the second floor was taken to the emergency room of Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, where she was pronounced dead on arrival at 11:30 p.m.

Firefighters found smoke and fire on the first floor, but Aldridge said the damage was moderate and contained to the living room.

Joliet Chief of Police Brian Benton said in a statement that a preliminary investigation indicates the cause of the fire was accidental, possibly due to candles burning in the home.