VIDEO: Firefighters fought an early-Thursday blaze in Rock Island near Augustana College as fire spread to a neighborโs home and melted the siding. Our Quad Cities News crew saw the blaze on the 600 block of 32nd Street, where neighbor Michael Henry heard a couple of loud booms and then saw a bright light outside his window. He called 911 right away, he told Our Quad Cities News.
Neighbors said the house, which was engulfed in flames, had been vacant for about six years after the owner died. The fire started about 1:45 a.m. By 2:30 a.m., firefighters had the blaze under control and were putting out hot spots. Two Augustana students told Our Quad Cities News that they alerted neighbors after seeing the siding begin to melt.
