This from Larry Shapiro:
It’s that season again … RED Center received several calls late Monday morning about brush fires in Wheeling near the Union Pacific railroad tracks from 444 Carpenter all the way north to Lake Cook Road. At the same time, they fielded calls for additional fires along Bond Street in the Long Grove Fire Protection District near Lincolnshire and Buffalo Grove. Buffalo Grove companies were also handling fires near the tracks as far north as Route 22.
The railroad stopped all trains from passing through and had another train that had recently gone through the area stop for inspection.
All fires were out within a period of about 90 minutes. Here are some images from the largest of the fires. This was behind 250 Carpenter Street, south of Dundee Road.
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
more images are in a gallery at shapirophotography.net
