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Mobile home fire in Wheeling, IL – April 18, 2016

Posted by firescenesadmin on April 18, 2016
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Wheeling (IL) firefighters were called to 298 Tilbury Lane in the Whippletree Village just before 3AM on Monday, 4-18-16. When units arrived they reported fire in a mobile home and upgraded to the Code 4 for the working fire. The flames were knocked down within 10 minutes and they were on the scene doing overhaul for another hour. Mutual aid units came from Buffalo Grove, Arlington Heights, and Northbrook. I arrived just after the 10-minute time stamp.

firefighters battle a mobile home fire

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firefighters battle a mobile home fire

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firefighters battle a mobile home fire

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firefighters battle a mobile home fire

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foam draining from fire engine

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Buffalo Grove FD Lieutenant Wendell Bills

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Still & Box Alarm fire in Chicago, April , 2016

Posted by firescenesadmin on April 4, 2016
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Chicago firefighters were called to a laundromat at 5130 W. Fullerton Avenue after 2AM Monday morning (4/4/16) and found heavy fire in a one-story, 60×100, commercial building with a bow-string truss roof. The building had no immediate exposures with parking lots on either side. After venting the roof, companies went defensive with Tower Ladder 14 setup to the west and Squad 2A to the east. There was a special call for an additional tower ladder which brought Tower Ladder 23 to the front of the building. Two multi-versals and the three elevated master streams inundated the building with water for two hours.

Heavy fire vented out the front of the building burning a car parked at the curb. The utility company was called to shut off gas to the building as a gas fed fire burned freely near the front.

heavy fire from commercial building fire at night

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commercial building fire at night

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Chicago FD Tower Ladder 14

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Chicago FD Tower Ladder 14

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heavy fire from commercial building fire at night

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Chicago FD Tower Ladder 23

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Chicago FD Tower Ladder 23

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Chicago FD Squad 2A Snorkel

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Chicago FD Squad 2A Snorkel

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aftermath of commercial building fire

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E-ONE tower ladder battling a fire in Chicago

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E-ONE tower ladder battling a fire in Chicago

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firefighters with multi-versal at night

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E-ONE tower ladder battling a fire in Chicago

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Chicago FD Engine 7

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Working fire in Northfield, IL – March 26, 2016

Posted by firescenesadmin on March 28, 2016
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Late arrival photos of a house in Northfield, IL after firefighters knocked down an exterior fire that communicated to the house and attic space above the garage.

firemen overhaul after fire

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E-ONE e-MAX fire engine in Northfield IL

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firemen overhaul after fire

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firemen overhaul after fire

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fire trucks nose to nose

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House fire in Green Oaks, IL – March 24, 2016

Posted by firescenesadmin on March 24, 2016
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Libertyville (IL) firefighters were called to an address in Green Oaks (their fire district, an unincorporated area of Lake County) after a smoke alarm woke the resident. He looked out the window and saw flames from a van parked alongside the attached garage. The first engine pulled into the driveway six minutes later and dumped the tank through a deck gun as flames were already through the roof. The area has no hydrants and they were subsequently nursed by their tanker and then other tankers shuttled into place. There were no injuries and the fire was kept from communicating to the house.

E-ONE Typhoon engine at fire scene

Before additional tankers arrived, this engine was used to nurse the Libertyville tender. Larry Shapiro photo

Pierce fire engine with Wil-Burt light tower operating at night

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scene of attached garage fire

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burned shell of a delivery van next to a house

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fire tender nursing another tender at fire scene

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firefighters wash down the aftermath of a house fire in a rain storm

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burned shell of a delivery van next to a house

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4-11 Alarm fire + 1 Special in Chicago, IL – March 8, 2016

Posted by firescenesadmin on March 9, 2016
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Chicago firefighters battled a 4-11 Alarm fire with a Special Alarm for two additional chiefs and three additional trucks at 4540 W. Haddon Avenue at a flea market. The building measured approximately 100×200 and was bordered on one side by railroad tracks that were on an embankment even with the roof f the one-story building. Part of the structure was a covered parking garage with additional parking on the roof. Several of the cars fell into the building as the roof sections collapsed.

Tower Ladder 14 had their brand new E-ONE unit and new Air Mask Unit 6-4-6 was also at the scene. Aerial Tower 1, the only straight ladder with a pre-piped waterway was called to the scene as well at Turret Wagon 6-7-6. The fire was dispatched around 9:30 am and was struck out in the early evening, though relief companies were at the ruins all night.

Chicago FD Tower Ladder 14

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firefighter at commercial building fire

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Chicago firefighters battle a commercial fire

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Chicago firefighters battle a fire

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car burning inside a garage

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Chicago FD Air Mask Unit 6-4-6

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Chicago FD Engine 96

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tower ladder working at fire scene

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Snorkel working at fire scene

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African American Chicago FD captain

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Chicago fire engine at fire scene

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Heavy smoke at building fire in Chicago

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Heavy smoke and flames at building fire in Chicago

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Chicago FD Aerial Tower 1

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Chicago FD Aerial Tower 1

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Chicago firefighters battle a huge fire with Pierce aerial

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Chicago FD Turret Wagon 6-7-6 at work

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House fire in Park Ridge, IL – February 18, 2016

Posted by firescenesadmin on February 20, 2016
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Park Ridge (IL) firefighters responded to a house fire at 105 Elmore Street Thursday morning 2/18/16. RED Center received a call at 7:43 am reporting a fire with the possibility of two trapped occupants and dispatched the fire immediately as a Code 4 for the working fire. Within minutes a neighbor reported that the residents were out of the house. Park Ridge Battalion 35 arrived and reported heavy fire in the rear with an exposure on each side of the fire unit. Companies made quick work of knocking down the fire and containing the flames. The residents were treated at the scene after inhaling smoke but both refused transport.

flames at Park Ridge IL house fire

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heavy smoke at Park Ridge IL house fire

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Park Ridge IL house fire

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fire chief at fire scene

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Park Ridge IL house fire

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Park Ridge IL house fire

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E-ONE tower ladder with lines off at fire

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E-ONE tower ladder with lines off at fire

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damage from Park Ridge IL house fire

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damage from Park Ridge IL house fire

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House fire in Wheeling, IL – February 18, 2016

Posted by firescenesadmin on February 19, 2016
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Wheeling firefighters were called just before 4pm to 195 Cindy Lane for a report of smoke in the house. Within minutes the alarm was upgraded to a Code 4 for the working fire and police arrived reporting that the house was fully involved. Two residents that had gotten out of the house were transported to Northwest Community Hospital for smoke inhalation.

The size up from the first fire unit on the scene was fire visible through the roof of the single-family home. Companies made an aggressive interior attack with fire in the attic and the second floor. The homeowner was reportedly doing some plumbing and sweating pipes when the fire broke out.

heavy smoke from house on fire

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heavy smoke from house on fire

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firemen prepare to enter house on fire

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heavy smoke from house on fire

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flames and smoke from house fire

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heavy smoke from house on fire

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heavy smoke from house on fire

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Spartan fire engine

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Spartan fire engine

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firemen pickup hose after battling a fire

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