A video from this morning’s fire scene in Lake Zurich from Larry Shapiro
A gallery of the photos from the scene can be viewed HERE.
Aug 23
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A video from this morning’s fire scene in Lake Zurich from Larry Shapiro
A gallery of the photos from the scene can be viewed HERE.
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Aug 23
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This from Larry Shapiro:
Lake Zurich FD received a call at 4:34AM reporting a house fire at 23722 S. Lakewood Lane in unincorporated Lake County. FIrst in companies found a well-involved frame house. The alarm was upgraded to a Box Alarm and then a 2nd Alarm for additional tankers as the neighborhood has no hydrants. The house, which was reportedly vacant, was completely destroyed.
All that was left standing was the lower portion of the front wall around the garage. Larry Shapiro photo
Firefighters hit hot spots in what’s left of the house. Larry Shapiro photo
Firefighters hit hot spots in what’s left of the house. Larry Shapiro photo
Firefighters cut out the remaining garage arch. Larry Shapiro photo
This Lake Zurich engine was first-in. Larry Shapiro photo
Round Lake tanker being dumped. Larry Shapiro photo
Two portable tanks were setup for water supply. Larry Shapiro photo
Companies on the alarm include four engines from Lake Zurich plus mutual aid engines from Mundelein, Palatine, Arlington Heights, and Fox River Grove. Trucks were from Wauconda and Buffalo Grove. Lincolnshire-Riverwoods and Libertyville sent ambulances, and tankers were from Long Grove, Cary, Fox Lake, Round Lake, Countryside, Palatine Rural, and Nunda. The Mess Canteen provided support services and chief officers were due from Wauconda, Countryside, Buffalo Grove, Long Grove, and Palatine.
Apparatus staged down the block. Larry Shapiro photo
Long Grove tanker nursing the engine. Larry Shapiro photo
View of the B-Sector. Larry Shapiro photo
View of the B-Sector. Larry Shapiro photo
Long Grove Tanker 55 was nursing the Lake Zurich engine. Larry Shapiro photo
The second Lake Zurich engine was drafting from the portable tanks. Larry Shapiro photo
I arrived after the structure was already down and have some late images and a video that will follow later.
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Jul 17
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Video from Larry Shapiro of the house fire in Inverness that went to 3 alarms on Tuesday evening
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Jul 16
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This from Larry Shapiro:
For the second time in a week, Palatine Tower 85 is used at a multiple alarm fire. Larry Shapiro photo
Homeowners at 14 Carnoustie Lane in Inverness called the Palatine Rural FPD and reported fire in the attic of their house shortly before 5PM on Tuesday. The large home is located in an area without hydrants roughly 1/2 mile from the fire station. First arriving companies attempted an interior attack and were forced to retreat and change to a defensive strategy. Heavy fire took hold of the attic and self vented through the roof as the alarm was escalated for additional units and water tankers. Two Palatine Rural firefighters from the initial attack company were subsequently transported to an area hospital.
After the roof collapse as seen from the rear. Larry Shapiro photo
View from Sector B. Larry Shapiro photo
Another line is stretched to the Rolling Meadows engine. Larry Shapiro photo
The Rolling Meadows engine with a line off. Larry Shapiro photo
A tanker shuttle was initiated as Palatine Tower 85 was put to work with an elevated master stream. The temperature as companies arrived was 94 degrees with a heat index near 100 degrees. A 2nd alarm was struck for additional tankers and then a 3rd alarm was requested when all companies in the staging area had been depleted.
Firefighter colls off. Larry Shapiro photo
Units in the staging area. Larry Shapiro photo
Cary tender dumping. Larry Shapiro photo
Prospect Heights Tanker 9. Larry Shapiro photo
Heavy fire burning in the garage. Larry Shapiro photo
Companies included engines from Palatine Rural, Palatine, Hoffman Estates, Rolling Meadows, Barrington, Lake Zurich, Carpentersville, Roselle, Elk Grove Village, Elk Grove Township, and Mount Prospect. Trucks came from Palatine, Buffalo Grove, Hoffman Estates, Wheeling, and Des Plaines. Tankers working included Palatine Rural, Long Grove, Prospect Heights, Roselle, Cary, Fox River Grove, Rutland-Dundee, Wauconda, and Crystal Lake. Departments with ambulances included Palatine, East Dundee, Crystal Lake, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods, Bartlett, and Arlington Heights.
The Palatine reserve engine is being used by Palatine Rural. Larry Shapiro photo
The tanker from Fox River Grove dumps at the portable tanks. Larry Shapiro photo
Roselle Tender 561 at the portable tanks. Larry Shapiro photo
Tender from Rutland-Dundee FPD. Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
A hand line was dedicated to monitor hot embers that landed on a neighbor’s cedar shake roof which caused some concern early into the operation.
The house sustained severe damage. Larry Shapiro photo
Palatine EMA using former Palatine FD ambulance. Larry Shapiro photo
Mutual aid companies were being released around 8PM and the alarm was struck-out just before 9PM.
More images can be viewed HERE.
A video will be posted tomorrow.
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Jun 23
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After midnight on Sunday, the Lake Zurich Fire Department was notified of a fire that was burning on the back deck of a house at 11 Rosewood Drive in Hawthorn Woods. First arriving companies found a fire on the back deck that had communicated to the house, and that all of the residents had evacuated. This area of Hawthorn Wood is without hydrants and the fire was upgraded to a box alarm and then quickly to a 2nd alarm which brought a total of seven water tankers to the scene.
Wauconda’s tower ladder initially setup for an elevated master stream as the fire spread to the attic, but the water supply was insufficient and the defensive attack was conducted with hand lines.
Two portable tanks were dropped and a tanker shuttle was initiated to support the operations through a Lake Zurich engine. The fire consumed the entire rear section of the attic and roof with damage to several second floor rooms.
A contributor submitted two early images from the scene and Larry Shapiro submitted several images and a video.
An early image showing the roof and attic well involved.
Another image from the street during the early stages of the fire.
The bulk of the fire has been knocked down as seen from the front. Larry Shapiro photo
Visible fire in the D-Sector as a hand line works in the rear. Larry Shapiro photo
Buffalo Grove Tower 25 was the RIT observing the conditions from the rear. Larry Shapiro photo
Small fire visible along the roof line in the B-Sector. Larry Shapiro photo
Water supply sector in front of the fire building. Larry Shapiro photo
Lake Zurich engine drafting from the portable tanks and supplying multiple lines. Larry Shapiro photo
The fire was reported to have begin on the deck along the back of the house. Larry Shapiro photo
Deerfield firefighters hit hot spots in the B-Sector. Larry Shapiro photo
Lake Zurich engine drafts from two portable tanks that are connected. Larry Shapiro photo
Fox Lake tender fills the portable tank. Larry Shapiro photo
Water tankers (tenders) from Grayslake and Fox Lake. An early image showing the roof and attic well involved.
More images can be found in a gallery HERE.
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Feb 5
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Our thanks to Deputy Chief William Q. Rice for compiling this summary and sharing it:
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Jan 31
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Here is a video and some images from Larry Shapiro from the 13-alarm fire in Burlington WI overnight.
Big Bend, WI engine drafting from Echo Lake. Larry Shapiro photo
Another view of the Big Bend, WI engine drafting from Echo Lake. Larry Shapiro photo
Wauconda engine pumping in-line. Larry Shapiro photo
Wheatland, WI quint working in Sector D. Larry Shapiro photo
Lake Geneva tower ladder working in Sector A. Larry Shapiro photo
Kansasville, WI engine drafting from a portable tank. Larry Shapiro photo
Lake Geneva tower ladder visible in the background being supplied by the Kansasville engine. Larry Shapiro photo
Kansasville and Burlington engines drafting in Sector A. Larry Shapiro photo
A tanker dumping at the D Sector water supply. Larry Shapiro photo
Several of the chemical storage tanks that were threatened. Larry Shapiro photo
Another tanker working in Sector D. Larry Shapiro photo
Lyons Township, WI tanker turning around to access the portable tanks. Larry Shapiro photo
Kansasville Assistant Chief working Sector D. Larry Shapiro photo
A Burlington engine pumping in-line to supply a master stream. Larry Shapiro photo
Town of Burlington engine drafting from the portable tanks along the southside of the fire. Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro has a gallery with images from the Echo Lake Foods fire
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Jan 31
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A large fire broke out just after 6PM last night at the Echo Lake Foods facility at 33102 South Honey Lake Road in Burlington, WI.
The fire building was one of a series of six buildings inter-connected at the facility that processes the following according to the company website:
We are passionate in our commitment to producing the best quality egg products and breakfast-style entrees.
• PRECOOKED EGG ENTREES
• FRENCH TOAST & PANCAKES
• CREPES AND BLINTZES
• PRECOOKED SCRAMBLED AND DICED EGGS
• FROZEN LIQUID EGGS
• WAFFLES
• MINI PANCAKES
BURLINGTON – An eight-alarm fire has gone into its 13th hour of burning out of control Thursday morning at the Echo Lake Foods processing plant in Burlington.
“There still is active fire. It is not contained at this point,” said Fire Chief Richard Lodle during a 5 a.m. news conference Thursday which aired live on TODAY’S TMJ4.
More than 80 fire departments and 200 firefighters have given their assistance to the Burlington Fire Department.
The Burlington Police Department evacuated 10 homes and an apartment building, assisting about 50 people.
The fire broke out just after 6 p.m. Wednesday, and is at 33102 N. Honey Lake Road in Burlington, the site of Echo Lake Foods.
“The fire department discovered a significant fire upon arrival,” said Miller.
“The plant was successfully evacuated. There were no injuries to employees or, so far, to any firefighters.”
Hazardous materials teams came on scene because of ammonia and liquid oxygen tanks.
Meanwhile, Burlington’s fire chief is rotating in hundreds of firefighters from around southeastern Wisconsin, as far away as Milwaukee County.
“That’s why the large number of departments that we have called in, the large number of personnel that we’ve had…We’re not rotating out and rotating back in. When you rotate out, you go home.”
He also said they have not have much opportunity to enter the building and fight the fire from inside.
“The majority has been on a defensive mode. At this point, we’re attempting to do an interior attack, if we can get crews in.”
The company, founded in 1941, produces eggs and egg products, as well as other breakfast products. The factory has a long history in the Burlington area.
“This will affect the city greatly. We will attempt to help them rebuild and re-open the plant as soon as possible,” said Miller during the news conference.
“One of the largest employers…it’s going to be a loss of 300 jobs for a while.”
The complete article with photos is HERE.
The fire went to a 5th Alarm (as high as MABAS Alarms are rated) and then 8 separate inter-divisional alarms were requested with strike teams or task forces requested from other MABAS Divisions in Wisconsin and Illinois. (some of the MABAS Divisions that responded include 101, 102, 106, 4, 5)
Tim Olk and Larry Shapiro went to the incident roughly four hours after the initial alarm and have a video and images from the scene that will be posted later. The size of the scene, the bitter cold weather, and the hazardous smoke restricted their access to two of the four sectors.
The incident is located in an area that required tankers to shuttle water to portable tanks, where engines drafted to feed the multiple master streams. Some of the streams had to shutdown fairly often as the three or four portable tanks that were inter-connected would be depleted before they could be refilled. There were at least three such water supply sectors being managed at the fire scene. Eventually, a drafting operation was setup from Echo Lake along Milwaukee Avenue. Two engines and a quint worked to complete this task for engines supplying a master stream in Sector D.
The Chicago Tribune has an article HERE.
ABC news has an article HERE.
MyRacineCounty.com has an article.
Fox6now.com has an article with video.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel online has an article with a great overhead image from this morning.
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Oct 10
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Larry Shapiro submitted several images from the 4-11 alarm fire in Barrington Hills.
The view from Ridge Road when Larry arrived. Larry Shapiro photo
The portable water tanks on Ridge Road at the entrance to the private drive. Larry Shapiro photo
Crystal Lake tanker filling the portable tank. Larry Shapiro photo
Barrington Engine 361drafting from the portable tanks. Larry Shapiro photo
Over 1,000 feet of large diameter hose from the road to the house. Larry Shapiro photo
Barrington Quint 363 with several lines off. Larry Shapiro photo
Fire has traveled the length of the structure. Larry Shapiro photo
The fire involved one of several buildings on the property. Larry Shapiro photo
The rear of the involved structure. Larry Shapiro photo
Carpentersville firefighters work a line in the ‘C’ sector. Larry Shapiro photo
Firefighters work on the smoldering fire at the east end of the garage. Larry Shapiro photo
The area of origin suffered a complete structural collapse. Larry Shapiro photo
Elgin responded to the scene with Truck 1. Larry Shapiro photo
The Wauconda tanker stands by in the water supply sector. Larry Shapiro photo
Apparatus in staging lined Ridge Road in both directions Larry Shapiro photo
A large gallery of images can be found HERE.
More images are HERE.
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Oct 10
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More images by Tim Olk from this morning’s extra alarm fire in Barrington Hills.
View from Ridge Road. Tim Olk photo
Approaching the property along the private drive. Tim Olk photo
View from the pasture behind the structure. Tim Olk photo
Barrington firefighters maneuver a 2 1/2″ line into position. Tim Olk photo
Firefighters prepare to gain access to the center garage. Tim Olk photo
Firefighters cut into the garage door. Tim Olk photo
A line is directed at the fire inside the garage. Tim Olk photo
A line is used to wet down the area of origin. Tim Olk photo
A resident surveys the carnage. Tim Olk photo
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