Galesburg firefighters rescued a family dog while fighting a structure fire Saturday afternoon.
According to a City of Galesburg news release, the Galesburg Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 1066 E. Dayton St. at 4:29 p.m. Saturday. Upon arrival, heavy fire had engulfed a detached garage and was spreading to the nearby home. A crew from the Brooks Street station entered the structure with an attack line to extinguish the fire. The Fremont Street station crew searched the smoke-filled home, located the family dog and passed him out of a window to waiting Galesburg Police Officers. No injuries were reported.
Preliminary damage estimates are at $30,000. The garage sustained heavy fire damage with damage to the exterior of the home. The interior of the home sustained minor smoke damage. Galesburg Fire Investigators determined the fire to be unintentional.
