Overview

• The Medical Examiner identified 63-year-old Jacolyn Wians as the third victim after she died Wednesday night.
• Firefighters rescued Dale Wians, 74, and Brandon Wians, 29, from the smoke-filled home and took them to hospitals in critical condition before they succumbed to their injuries.
• Streamwood Fire Chief Mike Meyer said the fire began in a basement utility area and rapidly filled the two-story house with smoke.
• Crews from Streamwood and mutual-aid departments used ladders to reach trapped occupants on the upper floors of the 1200 block of North Green Meadows Boulevard.
• Investigators from the Illinois State Fire Marshal’s office are assisting in a noncriminal probe into the cause of the blaze.