West Chicago (IL) Special Alarm 0N705 Morningside 9-21-16, a few images from a probable house struck by lightning during the Wednesday morning storms John Tulipano
On Saturday April 25th at approximately 6:55pm Batavia (IL) was dispatched to an automatic alarm at 601 Kingslands Dr. Companies arrived to find heavy smoke in the building, and subsequently upgraded to a general alarm and then to a MABAS box alarm.
The fire was knocked down quickly, but heavy smoke remained throughout the building. A special call was made for the MVU from MABAS Division 1 to assist in ventilation.
At approximately 23:36 hours on 4-15-15, St Charles was dispatched to a reported house fire at 2901 Royal Fox Dr. Eng 102 arrived to find a large, two-story brick home with the attached garage well-involved. Companies made a very aggressive attack and quickly knocked the fire down and were able to keep it form extending into the house. The fire was under control in approximately one hour using three hand lines.