SIDELL, Ill. (WCIA) — 13 fire departments and 25 firefighters spent nearly five hours battling a house fire in Sidell Tuesday morning.

Fire crews responded to an empty two-story house on the corner of Chicago and Southwick Streets around 10 a.m. When they arrived, they found both the house and the garage fully engulfed by flames.

The Sidell Fire Department told WCIA that the wind made it harder to extinguish the fire. And, as the crews were working to put the flames out, the roof collapsed, making it unsafe to get inside and fight the fire. Both the house and the garage were a total loss.

Fire crews are still investigating what might have caused the fire, but they said it likely started in the garage. Firefighters were able to leave the scene around 2:30 p.m. and no one was hurt.

Some of the responding fire departments include Oakwood, Homer, Sidney and Allerton. The Sidell Fire and Rescue thanked all of the responding fire departments as well as the surrounding communities that helped put out Tuesday’s fire.