Overview
- Fire crews responded just after 5 p.m. Thursday to the 200 block of Fox Chase Drive North for reports of an explosion with people trapped.
- Upon arrival, a two-story wood-frame house had collapsed and was fully engulfed in flames.
- Firefighters knocked down the blaze, but a natural gas line continued to burn until NICOR clamped the supply.
- The Kendall County Coroner identified the victims as James Fitzmaurice Sr., 64, and Virgie Fitzmaurice, 62, and is leading the death investigation.
- The Illinois State Fire Marshal and the ATF are assisting the probe, multiple agencies responded, and officials reported only minor damage to neighboring homes with no ongoing hazard.