2nd part video from the 5-Alarm fire in Prospect Heights, IL – July 18, 2018
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1st part video from the 5-Alarm fire in Prospect Heights, IL – July 18, 2018
more shots from last week’s 5-Alarm fire in Prospect Heights, IL
![Massive fire destroys 3 apartment buildings](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/A34A3647-600x372.png)
Steve Redick photo
![Massive fire destroys 3 apartment buildings](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/image2-600x214.png)
Chi-Town Fire Photos
![Massive fire destroys 3 apartment buildings](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/image1-600x400.png)
Chi-Town Fire Photos
![Massive fire destroys 3 apartment buildings](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/A34A4065-600x399.png)
Steve Redick photo
![Massive fire destroys 3 apartment buildings](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/A34A4004-600x399.png)
Steve Redick photo
![Massive fire destroys 3 apartment buildings](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/A34A4184-600x399.png)
Steve Redick photo
![Massive fire destroys 3 apartment buildings](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/A34A4259-600x399.png)
Steve Redick photo
![Massive fire destroys 3 apartment buildings](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSH_0455-600x400.png)
Nick Neziri photo
![Massive fire destroys 3 apartment buildings](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSH_0477-600x337.png)
Nick Neziri photo
![Massive fire destroys 3 apartment buildings](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSH_0568-600x400.png)
Nick Neziri photo
The Prospect Heights FPD (IL) was called for fire in a second story apartment unit at 848 McIntosh Court 7/18/18. Based on smoke and then flames seen by the battalion chief while responding, the alarm was upgraded to a working fire and then a Box Alarm before he arrived on scene. The 3-story structure is one of four identical buildings that make up a continuous complex. The fire unit was well involved on arrival with fire blowing out the windows and lapping upwards to the mansard roof, and then throughout the attic space. The fire was eventually upgraded to 5 alarms with one special alarm plus a request for a task force from a nearby division. Due to reports of possible injuries and the magnitude of the fire, an EMS box alarm went to 2 alarms.
Before the fire was struck out roughly 9 hours of work, three of the four buildings sustained heavy damage to the top floors and roof with water and smoke damage on the floors below. The fire was held from the fourth building.
![heavy smoke and huge header from building fire](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/180718_PHTS-1201-600x400.png)
Larry Shapiro photo
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more photos and videos can be seen at Chicagoareafire.com
Prospect Heights (IL) firefighters were called to 409 Etowah Avenue Thursday night (6/1/17) at 9PM for a house fire. First arriving units had fire showing from the B-Side of the house and made a quick hit from the exterior. The area is without hydrants and the first-due tanker was out of service. As Prospect Heights Engine 39 laid out 1,500′ of 5″ hose to a nearby school, Long Grove Tanker 55 supplied water to Prospect Heights Engine 9 in front of the house. The alarm was upgraded to a Code 4 for the working fire bringing companies from Arlington Heights, Mt. Prospect, Wheeling, Elk Grove Township, Northbrook, and the Palatine Rural FPD.
![flames from window of house on fire](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/170601_PHTS-6431R-600x400.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![flames from window of house on fire](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/170601_PHTS-6433R-600x400.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![FF with hose line at house fire](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/170601_PHTS-6437R-600x400.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![Spartan Gladiator Classic Alexis fire engine](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/170601_PHTS-6439R-600x400.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![Long Grove FD Tanker 55](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/170601_PHTS-6456R-600x400.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![Prospect Heights FPD Battalion 9](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/170601_PHTS-6463R-600x400.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![aftermath of house fire](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/170601_PHTS-6465R-600x400.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![Prospect Heights FD Engine 9](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/170601_PHTS-6472R-600x400.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![Firefighters prepare PPE before entering house on fire](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/170601_PHTS-6489R-600x400.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![Firefighters after battling a house fire](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/170601_PHTS-6493R-600x400.jpg)
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Short video and some stills from a return trip the other night to a vacant house after using it for training earlier in the day at 702 S. Elmhurst Road in Prospect Heights, IL (11/10/15)
![smoke from house fire at night](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/151106_PHTS-2724-600x400.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![firefighters at night fire scene](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/151106_PHTS-2735-600x400.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![fire truck at night with lines off](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/151106_PHTS-2740-600x400.jpg)
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![firefighter cuts vent hole in roof with chain saw](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/151106_PHTS-2746-600x400.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![firefighters overhaul house](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/151106_PHTS-2754-600x400.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![firefighter covered with foam](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/151106_PHTS-2757-400x600.jpg)
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![house at night after fire](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/151106_PHTS-2771-600x400.jpg)
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Some images from the live-fire training in Prospect Heights (IL) 11/9/15 & 11/10/15.
![firefighters enter house filled with smoke](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/151109_PHTS-2627-600x400.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![fire department water tender with portable tank](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/151109_PHTS-2654-600x400.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![firefighters enter house filled with smoke](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/151109_PHTS-2660-600x400.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![instructor sets fire for training](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/151109_PHTS-2683-600x400.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![Freightliner fire engine drafting from portable tank](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/151110_PHTS-2780-600x400.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![flames blowing out 2nd floor window](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/151110_PHTS-2811-600x400.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![firefighters with hose line at fire scene](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/151110_PHTS-2875-400x600.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo