In Mattoon, Illinois, a house fire on Thursday afternoon has left six people without a home. The Mattoon Fire Department swiftly responded to the incident.

According to a press release from Fire Chief Jeff Hilligoss, the department received a call about a potential structure fire on Thanksgiving at 4:52 p.m. Firefighters reached the 2600 block of Champaign Avenue just three minutes later, at 4:55 p.m., finding a single-family house engulfed in heavy smoke with flames visible from a side window.