UPDATED 6:27 P.M.
WEST PEORIA, Ill. – – Two adults and two children escaped a fire at the Edgewood Apartments Tuesday night in West Peoria.
Fire Chief Terry Schadt said crews arrived at the complex on West Radan Court, near North Pierson Avenue, around 10:30 p.m.
Schadt said neighbors made a “catch basin” to catch the children, who may have suffered first degree burns, but were not injured from leaping to safety.
Crews rescued the adults from the fire using a ladder.
Schadt said part of the building collapsed, and seventeen residents were displaced by the fire.
Multiple fire companies were called in to help fight the fire, which rekindled for a time Wednesday morning.
Schadt told 25 News that firefighters ran out of water twice, because the water pipes nearby were too small.
A cause has yet to be determined.
