Kitchen Grease Fire 1 Illinois Street
At 3:19 p.m. Sept. 20, 2019, the St. Charles Fire Department was dispatched to an activated fire alarm at 1 Illinois Street. Firefighters were on the scene in three minutes and, upon arrival, found a grease fire at the Eden on the River restaurant. A sprinkler head had activated and ultimately extinguished the fire however, smoke had spread through both floors of the structure. The alarm was upgraded upon arrival and the structure was checked for fire extension.