Fire breaks out in apartment building on Joliet’s east side Sunday morning

Two Joliet residents are now displaced after a fire broke out in an multi-family building at 1100 Parkwood Drive in Joliet due to fire and water damage to the building.

Joliet firefighters responded within four minutes after receiving the call and found light smoke coming out of the roof of the three-story building, according to a news release from the Joliet Fire Department.

Matt Baxter, battalion chief at the Joliet Fire Department, said initial reports suggested someone might be trapped. But firefighters on the scene searched the building and determined everyone had left safely, the Joliet Fire Department said.

Firefighters used multiple hose lines to extinguish the fire in an apartment on the third floor, the Joliet Fire Department said. The fire was under control at 10:42 a.m.

Crews performed “water supply, search, ventilation, salvage and overhaul, safety and support functions,” the Joliet Fire Department said.

Fire crews from stations 1, 4, 5 and 6 also responded, the Joliet Fire Department said.

The cause of the fire is currently under investigation, the Joliet Fire Department said.