Galesburg firefighters battled a blaze at a multi-family apartment building on Home Boulevard Monday morning.
Crews arrived at 684 Home Boulevard just before 6:30 a.m. and personnel found four residents trapped on a second-floor balcony
Firefighters from the Fremont Street station crew deployed ground ladders and rescued the trapped residents while the acting Captain made entry onto the second floor and rescued an additional occupant through the heavy smoke and fire.
Fremont Street Station crew used an attack line to quickly extinguish a fire located in the second-floor hallway.
The Central Station crew established a water supply from a nearby hydrant and performed a search of the apartment to look for possible further occupants.
The Brooks St. Station crew performed ventilation to improve interior smoke conditions and assisted other building occupants with evacuating.
There were no injuries reported.
Preliminary damage estimates are at $2,000.
The cause of the fire was determined to be intentional. The case is still under investigation by Galesburg Fire Investigators in cooperation with the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
