Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:
A fire began around 4:20 p.m. Thursday (1/17/19) in the McDonald’s restaurant at 1023 N. Lake St in Aurora. Several construction workers were inside welding near the ceiling when some insulation caught on fire, Aurora Fire Department Battalion Chief Jim Rhodes said.
“They noticed it and tried to put it out, but it spread so quickly that they weren’t able to and got out of the building right (away),” Rhodes said. “It was a very fast burning fire.”
Around 35 firefighters worked to put out the blaze at the restaurant which had been undergoing extensive renovation.
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Aurora Fire Department photo
