MATTOON — A house on South Fourth Street in Mattoon sustained extensive damage in a fire Thursday night.
Mattoon Fire Department crews responded to the fire in the 1400 block of South Fourth Street just after 8 p.m. Thursday, a news release from the fire department said.
At the time crews were sent to the scene, there were reports that the occupants were trying to evacuate, the news release said.
The residents were outside the house by the time crews arrived, the release said. They were checked by ambulance personnel as a precaution but no one was injured, it said.
The release said the fire apparently started in a bedroom. The entire house suffered heat and smoke damage and there was water damage to the bedroom and the attic, it said.
The cause of the fire hasn't been determined and is still under investigation, the news release said.
It also said the Mattoon Fire Department received assistance from the Charleston Fire Department, Mattoon police, Mitchell-Jerdan Ambulance Service, Coles-Moultrie 9-1-1 and AmerenIllinois.
ARCHIVE PHOTOS: Mattoon-area places through the years
Young Radiator
1983: The Young Radiator plant was set to close due to a disputed union contract. Local 162 UAW and the company reached an agreement on a new three year contract at the last minute.Â
Oil well
1945: Baker's No. 1 Bates well, a half-mile north of present production, waiting to drill plug, is creating tense speculation over possible field extension.
New post office
1981: The postmaster has given his stamp of approval on the new post office. One problem remaining is the different alignment of post boxes which has forced new numbers on 112 customers and left 65 more with boxes that are smaller than they are used to.Â
Memorial District Hospital
1956: Many residents are recalling events and personalities in the 50 history-making years of the hospital as the completion of the $1,150,000 expansion project is complete.Â
Mattoon Mounters
1985: Class 4 state champions at Mattoon Academy of Gymnastics and Dance include: front row, from left, Krista Budde, Michelle Cisna, Stacey Brown; second row, Christi Horein, Erica Vaultonburg, Jennifer Daily, Lori Shafer, Dixie Usinger, Toni Best, Jessica Kessler; back row, Tina Barnes, Nikki Shaw, Kim Jurgens, Pennie Lane, Elizabeth Ettlebrick, Angie Tilford, Christina Ritter, Johnna Von Behrens.Â
Kozy Log
1983: W.D. "Pill" Fisher stands by the log house h is building for his family. Fisher became distributor for Kozy Log homes.Â
Illinois Central Railroad depot
1977: The once bustling waiting room rests quietly except for an occasional passenger for one of the station's four trains.Â
Downtown
1973: Mattoon earned a berth in the finals of the All-America Cities competition.Â
Downtown
1988: Mattoon was bustling in the 1950s, as this vintage photo shows. Photos are being compiled in a book by Alice Larrabee, Gail Lumpkin, Jean Johnston and Marianne Thiel.Â
Dave Fopay
Reporter
Dave Fopay is a reporter for the JG-TC who covers Coles County, the local court system, Charleston schools and more.
