RACINE, Wis.–A family is displaced after a fire damaged a unit in a duplex in Racine.
According to the Racine Fire Department, crews responded to reports of a bedroom caught on fire near Admiralty and Clairmont at 9:19 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14.
The 911 caller heard the smoke alarm go off and tried to use a fire extinguisher, but was unable to stop the flames.
At the scene, fire crews found smoke exiting the second-floor window on the east side of the duplex.
The fire started in a room in the north unit of the duplex and was heavily damaged by the flames. The second floor of the north unit had smoke and water damage. The fire did not damage the southern unit of the duplex.
Firefighters stopped the fire within 24 minutes.
RFD estimates $35,000 in property damage and an additional $12,000 in items damaged.
All residents escaped the home, and no one was injured.
The cause of the fire is unknown and is not considered suspicious.
