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ALTON — The Alton Fire Department responded to a structure fire on the 400 block of Main Street on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, around lunchtime, encountering heavy smoke and flames upon arrival.
“The fire started in the first-floor bedroom and went into walls and moved into the second floor then to the attic,” Alton Fire Chief Jesses Jemison said.
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A box alarm was requested, and assistance from the East Alton Fire Department was called to the scene.
The cause of the fire remains unknown.
No injuries were reported.
