BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) -- Three people were displaced after someone allegedly set a fire in their own home in Bloomington.

At 7:39 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 10, the Bloomington Fire Department went to the 1300 block of East Washington Street for the report of a house fire, Captain Frank Friend said.

While responding, dispatch said that one person was trapped on the second floor and another person was trying to rescue them.

Arriving crews found out that the trapped person escaped by climbing onto the first-floor roof and jumping to the ground. They were taken to the hospital in stable condition.

Crews found black smoke coming from the attic. They found a fire that was in the bedroom on the second floor but it was contained.

Firefighters searched the entire three-story house and everyo

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