An Aurora house suffered heavy smoke damage during a fire on the Far West Side of the city.
At 1:58 a.m. Sunday, a fire started in the exterior wall around the fireplace of a single-family home on the 2400 block of Worthington Drive on Aurora’s Far West Side, according to a fire department news release.
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Firefighters had the flames out in about an hour, fire officials said.
The family was alerted to the fire when they smelled smoke and the smoke detectors activated, according to the news release. The family got out of the house and called 911. No injuries were reported.
The structure sustained heavy smoke damage during the blaze, but the family is planning to still stay there, according to the fire department.
The fire was partially due to a fire in the fireplace the previous evening, according to the fire department.
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