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Roof fire in Wheeling, 5/10/15

May 10

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos | 1 Comment

This from Larry Shapiro:

The WheelingFire Department received calls for fire on the roof of a mostly vacant, one-story, strip mall at 1786 W. Hintz Road Sunday morning (5/10/15) just after 9AM. Responding units were able to see a black header while en route. The fire was on the roof at the rear of the building. Buffalo Grove Tower 25 setup in the alley and hit the fire with their master stream and Wheeling firefighters used a 2 1/2-inch line from the roof. The affected area was roughly 20 square feet.

Here are a few images and a brief video. More images are at shapirophotography.net

firemen climb ladder to roof with smoke

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fireman flushes hydrant at fire scene

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firemen setup E-ONE tower ladder at fire scene

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fireman pulls hose at fire scene

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fireman pulls hose at fire scene

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vacant strip mall for auction

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Wheeling brush fire 3-31-14

Apr 1

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Brush Fire, Fire | 3 Comments

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.

smoke from grass fire along railroad tracks

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large burned area after grass fire

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fireman at grass fire

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large burned area after grass fire

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fireman at grass fire

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wind fueled grass fire

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fireman at grass fire

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large burned area after grass fire

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large burned area after grass fire

Larry Shapiro photo

more images are in a gallery at shapirophotography.net

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