Wheeling firefighters responded to 900 Valley Stream Drive Monday morning for a reported basement fire. Upon arrival, smoke was seen and the alarm was upgraded to a working fire. A window on the bottom level of the split-level home blew out with flames,es and heavy smoke. Firefighters took two lines into the house and extinguished the fire quickly. Overhaul and wash down of both the interior and exterior was extensive. Units at the scene were Wheeling Engine 23, Engine 42, Truck 24, Ambulance 23, Ambulance 24, Battalion 24, and chief 2401. Automatic and mutual aid units were Buffalo Grove Tower 25, Prospect Heights Engine 39, Squad 9, Ambulance9, and Battalion 9, and Northbrook Ambulance 10.

Firefighters enter burning house with hose

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Firefighters enter burning house with hose

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Firefighter pulls hose off of engine

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Firefighters prepare a second line during a house fire

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Wheeling FD Lieutenant James Thelen

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Firefighters approach house fire with tools

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Firefighters prepare to take a line into a house

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Ferrara Inferno fire truck

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Firefighters raise ground ladder at fire

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Buffalo Grove firefighter with a saw

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