Peoria Standard

Limestone Township Fire Protection District responded to 66 calls in 2017 - 13.8 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Limestone included 24 fires - eight structure fires, two vehicle fires and 14 other fires.

In all, the department saw $42,500 in fire loss - or about $1,771 per fire.

The department also received 42 false calls.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	16	8	-50
Vehicle Fires	5	2	-60
Other fires	14	14	0
Total Fires	35	24	-31.4
Total Calls	58	66	13.8