SYCAMORE – Three businesses in Sycamore sustained damage after an early morning fire Thursday in the 100 block of East State Street in Sycamore caused half a million dollars worth of damage.
According to a news release from the Sycamore Fire Department, Sycamore firefighters responded to calls for a structure fire around 3:50 a.m. Thursday to 126 E. State Street, coming from State Street Laundry, a laundromat on the first level, adjacent to World Famous Pizza, 124 E. State St., and below the second-floor business, Spider Tattooz.
Clean-up crews could be seen Thursday morning around 9 a.m. boarding up the windows of the street-level businesses and the front door of the tattoo parlor.
When crews arrived to the scene Thursday, heavy fire and smoke was seen coming from the laundromat, and as firefighters went through both floors of the building to search for occupants to evacuate, other fire crews fought the flames for about 30 minutes before they were under control.
No injuries to residents or firefighters were reported, the release states.
The laundromat suffered heavy flame, heat and water damage, while Spider Tattooz on the second floor as a result suffered smoke damage. World Famous Pizza next to the laundromat also suffered water and smoke damage.
The cause of the blaze is still under investigation, though estimates of building damage fall at $500,000, the release states.
Firefighters from DeKalb, Cortland, Genoa-Kingston, Elburn, Hampshire, Burlington, Malta, Maple Park, and crews from the Sycamore Public Works department and the Sycamore Police Department also assisted.
This is a developing story which will be updated as more information becomes available.
Source: The Daily Chronicle
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