R-T Photo/Seth Herrold
An off-duty firefighter, Dustin Whorton, noticed smoke coming from this vacant house at 1429 Chestnut St., Tuesday morning and alerted firefighters, who spent about two hours attempting to keep the damage to a minimum. Lt. Jeremy Summers of the Trenton Fire Department said the house, which was last owned by Anthony Polley, sustained heavy smoke and fire damage to the attic as well as heavy smoke damage throughout and moderate fire damage to the kitchen. The cause of the fire is undetermined. Other departments assisting the TFD were the Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District, the Grundy County Ambulance Service, the Trenton Police Department and Trenton Municipal Utilities.
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