Fire damages N Street home

Occupants escape early morning house fire without injury 

An early morning fire caused significant damage to this home at 212 W. N St. in Aurora on Tuesday, April 21.
An early morning fire caused significant damage to this home at 212 W. N St. in Aurora on Tuesday, April 21.

An Aurora couple escaped without injury early last Tuesday morning when they were awakened in the middle of the night by a fire that had started on the back deck of their rented house on N Street near the high school.  Aurora Assistant Fire Chief Jeff Schneider said Hank and Ashley Parker had apparently used a charcoal barbecue earlier in the evening which was blown over by gusty winds after …