Firefighters from Savoy put out blaze

CHAMPAIGN – A blanket draped over a lamp at a house in south Champaign points out the dangers of putting cloth on a halogen lamp, according to the Champaign Fire Department.

It also may have pointed out a glitch in fire dispatching, because firefighters from Savoy, not Champaign, were originally dispatched.

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