Smoke Detector Alerts Resident To Fire

May 15, 2007 Illinois - A cooking fire forced the evacuation of residents from an apartment complex Monday evening, but no injuries were reported, authorities said. Capt. Leonard Revelle of the Wood River Fire Department said it received a report of the fire in the Wood River Garden apartments, at 121 Thompson St., at 5:41 p.m., and the first unit arrived on the scene one minute later. By that time, police officers who had entered the building had been met with heavy smoke, Revelle said. "The police ...