PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters were called just after 2 a.m. Monday to a garage fire in the 500 block of W. Loucks.
Fire Battalion Chief Steve Rada said when crews arrived, they found a fully involved unattached garage near the alley in flames, with radiant heat from the fire melting siding off nearby structures.
The garage collapsed into the yard and alley. It was a total loss.
Firefighters had the blaze under control within 20 minutes, but Community Development ordered an emergency demolition.
The cause of the fire remained under investigation.
