Southern Illinois News

Dongola Fire Department responded to four calls in 2017 - 33.3 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Dongola included four fires - three structure fires and one other fire.

In all, the department saw $23,000 in fire loss - or about $5,750 per fire.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	2	3	50
Vehicle Fires	1	0	-100
Other fires	0	1	-
Total Fires	3	4	33.3
Total Calls	3	4	33.3