Cause undetermined in LaSalle house fire

it took 30 minutes to put out a fire in the rear of a older two story home in LaSallelate saturday afternoon. Lt. Ron Data with LaSalle FIre department said three other departments assisted with teh fire located in the back of a unoccupied home at 2314 1/2 St. Vincent’s in LaSalle. The cause is undetermined and the owner has yet to be located. no utilities were hooked up to the house, according to Data. Utica, Oglesby and Peru departments were assisting along with Peru ambulance.