BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) — Two people were displaced and a firefighter was treated with heat exhaustion after a fire broke out in a converted two-story home.

The Bloomington Fire Department was called at 11:32 a.m. on Saturday to the 700 block of East Grove Street to a report of a house fire, said Captain Frank Friend.

When firefighters arrived they found the converted multi-dwelling home was covered in smoke and fire, he said.

They were also told there could be people still inside and possibly trapped that had not been accounted for but a search of the building showed no one was still inside.

Due to a increase risk of danger in converted homes more firefighters were called in to make sure there were plenty of firefighters to help in other parts of the city as needed, he said.

The cause of the fire is still undetermined, but Friend said the “hoarding condition” caused greater risk to the people who lived there and the firefighters.

Friend also said that there were numerous smoke detectors that were missing batteries and stressed the importance of working detectors.

There was no estimate of damages but there was a large amount of damage over the whole home, he said.

The Illinois chapter of the American Red Cross was called in to help the displaced people.

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