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Fatal 3-Alarm apartment building fire in Bensenville, IL – November 19, 2017

Posted by firescenesadmin on November 29, 2017

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Bensenville (IL) firefighters responded to an automatic fire alarm on the morning of 11/19/17 around 6:15AM at 361 Marshall Road. Within minutes they received multiple calls reporting fire in the building. Arriving police officers advised flames from the window of a third floor unit.

Flames swept through the mansard roof and into the attic. The alarm was upgraded to a Box Alarm and later a 2nd Alarm was struck. After the fire jumped a fire wall, the fire was upgraded to a 3rd Alarm . Elevated master streams from Bensenville Truck 107, Leyden Quint 133, and Chicago Squad 7A were deployed in addition to several large hand lines after companies were pulled out of the building. One resident was unaccounted for and later discovered deceased as companies went inside to overhaul.

flames shoot from apartment building

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flames shoot from apartment building

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heavy smoke at fire scene

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fire trucks at fire scene

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heavy smoke at fire scene

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Chicago FD Squad 7A at work

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heavy smoke at fire scene

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heavy smoke at fire scene

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Chicago firefighters in squad basket

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heavy smoke from building fire with fire trucks

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Chicago FD Squad 7A Rosenbauer ACP-55 Snorkel

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massive fire scene with fire trucks

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Bensenville FD Truck 107 E-ONE Cyclone HO100 quint

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heavy smoke from building fire with fire trucks

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Chicago FD Squad 7A Rosenbauer ACP-55 Snorkel

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From Chicagoareafire.com:

Prior to receiving multiple cellphone calls, someone knocked on the door of the Leyden Township FPD (IL) station at the corner of Mannheim and Grand just before 6PM to report a fire four blocks down the road. Units found heavy smoke pushing from a one-story, commercial structure with a bow-string truss roof. The building was occupied by a tire business and was currently full of tires.

The fire, at 2200 N. Mannheim Road was in the Northlake Fire Protection District. (opposite sides of the intersection belong to either the Leyden Township FPD or the Northlake FPD). The Still Alarm was filled out and a Box Alarm, then a 2nd Alarm were requested within minutes, followed very shortly be the 3rd and 4th Alarms.

The roof collapsed early and sent flames several hundred feet into the air as companies setup elevated master streams from the Leyden quint, trucks from Northlake and Franklin Park, and then the Schiller Park tower ladder.

There were 16 engines, 8 trucks, 1 squad, and 5 ambulances at the scene.

silhouette of fireman on ladder with massive flames

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fire truck working at massive night fire scene

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fire storm at tire warehouse

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firemen at massive fire scene

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American LaFrance fire engine at night fire scene

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Pierce fire engine at night fire scene

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huge fire at tire warehouse

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huge fire at tire warehouse

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huge fire at tire warehouse

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huge fire at tire warehouse

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huge fire at tire warehouse

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massive fire ball from warehouse fire at night

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Dan Shevlin submitted the following from a 4-Alarm fire in Stone Park, IL on May 28, 2013

May/2013 Stone Park, Illinois . Stone Park is a western suburb of Chicago . In the mid morning hours Stone Park reported a fire in 50 x 100 supermarket . The fire quickly spread throughout the market and into apartments situated on the south side of the building . 4 alarms & firefighters from all over the western suburbs extinguished the fire.

Stone Park Fire Department

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Stone Park Fire Department

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Stone Park Fire Department

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Stone Park Fire Department

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Stone Park Fire Department

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