At 1:09AM on Monday, Nov. 17, Naperville’s Emergency Communications Center (ECC) received a call reporting a fire on the back deck of a home located in the 700 block of Kaiser Court.

The caller confirmed that everyone had safely evacuated and that one of the homeowners was attempting to extinguish the fire with a garden hose. A general alarm response was dispatched, consisting of 10 pieces of fire apparatus and 24 personnel.

The first fire unit arrived at 1:16AM and encountered a fire on the back deck extending into the attic. Firefighters quickly deployed hose lines to the rear of the home to contain and extinguish the deck fire, while additional crews went to the attic to check for and stop any fire extension.

The fire was brought under control and declared extinguished at 1:35AM. Fir

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