Fire Department Reports May 19 Fire Started in Closet Shrine

started in a closet of the apartment, which was being used as a religious shrine, according to a report by the Lisle-Woodridge Fire Department.

The shrine included incense and candles, the report said. The cause of the fire was attributed to an unattended open flame near combustible material.

The fire was therefore deemed to be accidental.

The Lisle-Woodridge Fire Department responded to an activated fire alarm in an apartment building in the Seven Bridges complex around 7:40 a.m. on Thursday, May 19.

Upon arrival, the department found a fire in one of the apartments in the complex, located in the 6600 block of Double Eagle Drive.

Two children were found in a bedroom of the apartment and brought to safety. Those children were then taken to an area hospital for smoke inhalation.

Jim French, bureau chief for the Lisle-Woodridge Fire Department, said it was unknown whether anyone else was home at the time of the fire.

The apartment's sprinkling system prevented the fire from spreading to any other apartment unit.

The apartment was deemed to be uninhabitable.