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5-Alarm fire with multiple Special Alarms in Barrington Hills, 4-18-15 (more)

Images from Bill O’Neill/ElginNet Media from the Barrington Hills house fire on Saturday (4/18/15).

mega mansion engulfed in flames

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mega mansion engulfed in flames

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fireman pulling hose

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drone footage of mega mansion engulfed in flames

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fire department water tenders filling portable tanks

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Fox Lake Fire Department fire engine

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Fox Lake Fire Department fire engine logo

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5-Alarm fire with multiple Special Alarms in Barrington Hills, 4-18-15 (more)

More from the 5-Alarm fire with 2 Specials at 245 Rolling Hills, Drive in Barrington Hills (4/18/15)

Images from Mary Klebba

mega mansion engulfed in flames

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mega mansion engulfed in flames

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house fire scene

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firemen at house fire

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mega mansion engulfed in flames

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mega mansion engulfed in flames

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mega mansion engulfed in flames

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5-Alarm fire with multiple Special Alarms in Barrington Hills, 4-18-15

The first of what will be several posts on the 5-Alarm fire with multiple special alarms at 24 Rolling Hills Drive in Barrington Hills Saturday (4/18/15).

From a radioman911.com listener:

Barrington – Countryside FPD – House Fire – 24 Rolling Hills Drive

Full Response List:
Battalion 38, 3801, Engine 381, Engine 382, Engine 383, Tanker 381, Tanker 382, Palatine Rural Engine 36, Barrington Engine 361, Long Grove Tanker 55, Cary Squad 255, Carpentersvile Engine 91, Hoffman Estates Truck 22, East Dundee Tanker 41, Long Grove Battalion 55, Fox River Grove Engine 641, Buffalo Grove Ambulance 25, Palatine Rural Chief 701, Lake Zurich Engine 2, Algonquin Engine 141, Bartlett Tender 2, Rutland-Dundee Tender 52, Prospect Heights Tender 9, Wauconda Tender 341, a McHenry tender, a Barrington truck, Palatine Truck 85, a Bartlett chief, a Cary chief, a Lake Zurich chief, a Fox River Grove chief, Mess Canteen 5, Hanover Park Engine 361, Schaumburg Engine 54, West Dundee Engine 31, Fox Lake Tender 222, Crystal Lake Tender 371, Round Lake Tender 261, Countryside Truck 412, Libertyville Squad 462, Mundelein Ambulance 431, a Wauconda chief, ATV 5, South Elgin Tender 22, Nunda Rural Tender 1371, Grayslake Tender 271, Huntley Tender 973, Woodstock Tender 72, Hampshire Tender 1431 (unavailable), Elk Grove Township Tender 11.

COQ: Wheeling Ambulance 24 / Deerfield Engine 19 to Station 1 – Rolling Meadows Ambulance 16 / Streamwood Engine 33 to Station 2

Interdivisional requests from Division 1,2,4,5. There was a speical request for a brush truck from Lake Villa.
UCP 13 was also out there

This from Larry Shapiro:

Occupants that are currently renting the house were burning leaves this afternoon and the fire communicated to a tree sending embers onto the house. The wind caused the fire to spread rapidly. A 2nd Alarm was requested on arrival of Barrington & Countryside units followed quickly by an upgrade to a 4th Alarm for tenders only. The 5th Alarm was requested later and then Interdivisional Alarms for a Tender task Force from Divisions 2 and 5. The previous alarms were later filled out for the suppression companies which brought more personnel to the scene. Four counties were represented at this incident which included units from 6 MABAS Divisions.

The wind carried embers into the grass area behind the home igniting a prairie fire which spread to a large area near the electric transmission lines. This prompted a Special Alarm for brush fire assets.

In addition to the units listed above, there were engines from Buffalo Grove, Arlington Heights, Des Plaines, Rolling Meadows and Elgin.

mega mansion engulfed in flames

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mega mansion engulfed in flames

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mega mansion engulfed in flames

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mega mansion engulfed in flames

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E-ONE fire engine at house fire scene

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mega mansion engulfed in flames

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E-ONE e-MAX fire engine drafting from port-tanks

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E-ONE fire engine with multiple hose lines off

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 More photos at shapirophotography.net

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Fatal house fire in Antioch, 3-15-15

Excerpts from the ChicagoSunTimes.com:

An elderly man is dead after a house fire … in the 38000 block of Drexel Boulevard in unincorporated Antioch Township  Sunday morning

… according to the sheriff’s office … the fire started in an upstairs room of the three-level home and six of the seven residents were able to escape before firefighters arrived. The seventh resident, identified as 76-year-old Lowell B. Simonson, was found in an upstairs bedroom … and … was pronounced dead on the way to [the hospital]. [His] 74-year-old wife … is in serious condition with smoke inhalation.

The cause and origin of the fire remain under investigation … the house was a complete loss.

rural water supply setup at fire scene

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house damaged by radiant heat of fire next door

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houe gutted by fire

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house fire scene with long hose lays

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fire department water tenner

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fire department water tenders in line

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fire department canteen service unit

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fireman with hose at fire scene

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firemen with hose at fire scene

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firefighters after battling house fire

These two were on the first rig that found the house well involved. They went in and made the grab and got the victim out before the house became untenable. Tim Olk photo

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Fox Lake 2nd Alarm house fire 4-8-13

This from Jeff Rudolph:

 … some shots from Fox Lake … 04/08/13 Fox Lake responded to a fire in the 38000 blk. of Hillandale in un-incorporated Spring Grove . Engine 223 arrived and found an elevated 1-story house well involved. Command called for an Antioch engine and a Spring Grove tender before pulling box 22-14 to the 2nd alarm for tenders and chiefs, as well as a special for squads from McHenry and Newport. Steep terain and limited access proved difficult for both firefighters and apparatus, as tenders had to back down several blocks of narrow winding gravel roads. Initial thoughts that the resident was still inside the burning house proved wrong, as he arrived from a trip to the store to find firefighters attempting to save his home. Crews worked into the night to extinguish and overhaul the remains. No injuries reported.

Fox Lake Fire Department tender

Fox Lake Tender 262 drafting from a portable tank. Jeff Rudolph photo

Antioch Fire Department engine

Antioch’e engine with lines off. Jeff Rudolph photo

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A Fox Lake firefighter calls for additional hose. Jeff Rudolph photo

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Antioch firefighters on a line. Jeff Rudolph photo

Fox Lake pumper tanker

One of Fox Lake’s tenders. Jeff Rudolph photo

Fox Lake house on fire

Another shot from the rear showing the difficulty in accessing the house. Jeff Rudolph photo

Fox Lake house on fire

Heavy fire engulfs the upper level of the house. Jeff Rudolph photo

 

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