The Wheeling Fire Department received a call Thursday morning reporting a smoke smell in one unit of a three-unit townhouse on Kingswood Lane. Firefighters arrived at 303 Kingswood Lane to find a small fire in one wall. Workers had been sweating pipes in the unit. The fire began to spread up the wall in the adjacent unit and as the Wheeling tower ladder was deployed to the roof, the alarm was upgraded to a Code 4 for the working fire. Buffalo Grove Tower 25, Northbroook Engine 10, and Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Ambulance 52 responded to assist Wheeling companies at the scene. Firefighters made a quick hit on the fire and stopped it before it spread further. Wheeling Tower42 went to the roof in the ‘A’ sector and completed ventilating the roof as Buffalo Grove Tower 25 made the roof from the ‘B-C’ corner on the adjacent street.
Buffalo Grove Tower 25 deployed to the roof at the B-C corner of the building. Larry Shapiro photo
Wheeling Engine 42 was running as Engine 24 and backed down the court after the tower went to the south end of the structure. Larry Shapiro photo
Wheeling Tower 42 put a company on the roof to ventilate. Larry Shapiro photo
The truck company cleared the attic vents and cut a ventilation hole. Larry Shapiro photo
Engine 42 had two lines off going into the building. Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro has a gallery of images from the scene HERE.
