Crime & Safety

Fire Destroys Abandoned Farmhouse

Firefighters from Mokena and Manhattan help extinguish the early morning blaze that consumed the structure on 187th Street.

An abandoned farmhouse burned to the ground early Saturday morning, according to the .

No one was injured, and the cause of the fire is still under investigation, said Capt. Chris Ward.

Firefighters arrived at the house, located in the 12400 block of 187th Street, around 2:07 a.m. and were joined by crews from Mokena and Manhattan, Ward said. It took firefighters a few hours, he added.

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Ward said the Will County Sheriff's Office determined the house had been abandoned for about seven or eight years.


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