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2-Alarm fire in Griffith, IN 9-7-19

Sep 10

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Photos from Tim Olk of a 2-Alarm fire at 438 N Colfax in Griffith, IN 9/7/19.

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Working fire in Chicago, 9-8-19

Sep 8

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This from Ryan Higgins:

Early Morning Still & Box Alarm in Edison Park Around 1AM of 9/8/19

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Box Alarm house fire in Des Plaines, 8-16-19 (more)

Aug 28

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Two-part video from Larry Shapiro of the Box Alarm house fire in Des Plaines, 8-16-19

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House fire in Glenwood, 8-11-19

Aug 17

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This from Eric Haak:

The Glenwood Fire Department had a working fire on Thursday afternoon (8/11). Crews did a great job of saving a home that was in a non-hydranted area. Here are a few images from the scene.

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Firefighters put on SCBA before entering smokey house fire

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dramatic portrait of salty firefighter with PPE

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Box Alarm house fire in Des Plaines, 8-16-19

Aug 17

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Des Plaines firefighters were called to a house at 555 Leahy Circle East late Friday night for a fire in the basement. A header was visible while units were en route and the alarm was upgraded to a working fire before arrival. Dispatch advised of hoarder conditions at the residence which was confirmed on arrival by the first company officer walking around the exterior. The residents were already out of the house and firefighters had difficulty entering the premises. Several vent holes were cut in the roof before companies were ordered off and then out of the structure for setting up a defensive posture. The basement fire traveled to the second floor and areas of the first floor had been compromised. Hand lines were directed through windows and doorways but it remained difficult to reach the seat of the fire due to the clutter.

The incident was upgraded to a Box Alarm for additional resources after withdrawing personnel from the interior. Eventually lines were shut down to let the fire burn until it was visible and accessible from the outside and then companies again attacked the flames. One tower ladder was utilized with a ground level master stream through the front door and living room before it was able to be positioned above the house with access to the fire that vented through the roof. Hand lines were deployed on all sides of the house.

The bulk of the fire was contained by 4AM with companies working at the scene for several more hours.

All Des Plaines units were at the scene along with mutual aid from Prospect Heights, Mount Prospect, The North Maine FPD, Elk Grove Township FPD, Wheeling, Park Ridge, Chicago Squad 7, Rosemont, Bensenville, and Glenview.

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heavy smoke curls around house siding at night fire scene

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smoke pours out of window of hoarder house

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Alley garage fire in Chicago, 8-12-19

Aug 12

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Photos from Tim Olk of an alley garage fire Monday, 8/12/19.

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2-Alarm fire in Hampshire, 8-10-19

Aug 11

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Interdivisional box alarm in Union Hill, IL – 8-9-19 (more)

Aug 10

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More photos from Tim Olk of the Interdivisional box alarm in Union Hill, IL – 8-9-19

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Interdivisional box alarm in Union Hill, IL – 8-9-19

Aug 10

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Excerpts from the daily-journal.com:

Fire swept through Vanfab Inc., destroying the 7,000-square-foot metal fabricating production facility and offices on Friday afternoon. On the southwest corner of the block long facility was the original 3,000-square-foot stone building erected in 1896. That original building also housed the town’s U.S. Post Office for the town of about 60 residents.

Firefighters from more than 20 departments fought the fire. It was the biggest fire in the western part of Kankakee County in the past 20 years. All 32 employees at work when the fire broke out at about 1:10 p.m. were evacuated.

A spark from a crane was what started the fire.

Herscher Assistant Fire Chief Corey Eich, the incident commander, said no firefighters were injured, but within a few minutes of firefighters arriving, the building was totally involved. Firefighters cooled two 1,000 gallon tanks containing liquid nitrogen on the east side of the facility.