Excerpts from the NorthwestHerald.com:
Thomas Damiano was asleep Friday when fire alarms went off and his house began filling with smoke. He woke up his family and got out of the home. “[I] had to jump off of our balcony to escape,” he said.
While no one was injured, the home was destroyed and two pet birds have not been found.
Lakemoor Police Chief David Godlewski said crews were called at about 10:25 a.m. Friday to a fire in the 300 block of North Rosedale Drive, Lakemoor.
The home at 336 Rosedale Drive was engulfed in flames when crews arrived, and firefighters were still putting out some of the flames an hour after arriving at the home. Godlewski said the home as a total loss.
Firefighters from several departments were called to the scene to assist, including McHenry Township, Antioch and Crystal Lake.
“We can provide them with shelter vouchers at a hotel for up to eight weeks, then I’ll help them with trying to find a new place and we purchased a new bed for everyone in the household,” said Sue Rose, community service director with the McHenry County Housing Authority.
thanks Scott
