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Overnight fire in Winnebago County under investigation

Posted at 11:14 PM, Aug 06, 2017
and last updated 2017-08-07 18:18:17-04

Winnebago County rescue crews battled a house fire in Vinland early Sunday morning. The county's sheriff's department said it all happened around 1:00 AM Sunday morning.

They say the fire started at a house on Green Valley Rd. and County Road GG. A deputy says a man was standing outside yelling for help.

Officials say the man man was taken to a hospital nearby and  suffered injuries unrelated to the fire.
Nobody was inside the home and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.