Firefighters from multiple departments assisted the Buffalo Grove Fire Department (IL) to battle a 3-Alarm fire that destroyed a six-unit townhouse on Le Parc Circle 3-8-25.
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Firefighters battled fire in a 4-car garage in Killdeer, IL 3-5-25. The home was located in an area without hydrants and over a 1/4 down a dead-end street. A rural water supply operation was setup to resupply firefighters after they exhausted almost 5,000 gallons of water from the 1st three suppression rigs that arrived.
Thirteen tankers were involved, and firefighters kept the fire to the garage with minimal damage to the living space.
Firefighters from the Countryside Fire Protection District in Vernon Hills, IL and neighboring fire departments responded to a house fire at 5636 Oakwood Circle Saturday night just after 8:30PM (3/1/25). The fire, reported to have begun in the rear of the structure, extended to the house. The neighborhood is without fire hydrants and required water to be shuttled to the scene by tankers (tenders). Firefighters initially took an offensive posture before having to transition to a defensive attack.
The alarm was upgraded to a MABAS Box Alarm for additional resources. An engine laid 1000′ of 4″ hose to the corner where they began drafting from two portable tanks.
More photos are at chicagoareafire.com
Firefighters in Elizabeth City, NC were dispatched to a kitchen fire in the 800 block of Madison Avenue 4-12-23.
video from the 2-Alarm fire in Barrington Hills, IL – March 18, 2023
Palatine (IL) firefighters responded for a report of smoke on the third floor of an apartment building at 12 E Dundee Quarter late Sunday afternoon (3-19-23). Palatine police officers reported smoke and then flames from the roof and the response was upgraded to a Code 4 working fire.
Palatine crews made an interior attack with two lines on the third floor and performed searches of the building. Unable to get ahead of the volume of fire overhead and in the mansard roof in addition to deteriorating conditions, firefighters were evacuated from the building to transition to a defense attack. As personnel was exiting the building, a Mayday was called by a firefighter on a balcony that was unable to exit via the interior. He successfully descended a ground ladder.
The fire circumvented the fire wall and eventually made it’s way into the adjacent building which sustained heavy damage to the roof and third floor. There were multiple collapses of the original building.
Palatine Tower 85, Buffalo Grove Tower 25, and Arlington Heights Tower 1 all deployed master streams.
