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Box Alarm fire in Vernon Hills, 7-20-14 (more)

Images from Tim Olk from the townhouse fire in Vernon Hills Sunday night (7-20-14).

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tags: Countryside Fire Protection District, high expansion foam used to fight fire, night fire scene photos, Tim Olk, townhouse fire in Vernon Hills, townhouse fire starts in basement

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2 Comments

• #1 by DMc77 on July 22, 2014 - 6:59 PM

  

  I suppose you were there and can tell us exactly why the hi-ex foam was such a bad idea?

  Some basements are unfinished, which leave the structural members exposed. If they were burned through, I sure wouldn’t want to be underneath them doing work. Some basements also only have one good way in (the stairs). If they were burned through, I sure wouldn’t want to go down them and do work.

  So tell me again Chuck, why was using hi-ex foam such a bad idea?

• #2 by Chuck on July 21, 2014 - 10:40 PM

  

  High expansion foam? For a residential fire? This doesn’t say a lot for the incident commander’s trust in his firefighters’ ability to put out a structure fire. If I were the homeowner, I would have been screaming bloody murder over this. Not to mention the poor job of overhauling that led to the rekindle in the first place.

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