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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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.
Tim Olk took a drive on Monday to visit the fire scene in Peru, IL. When he went down there, they were over 30 hours into the fire and had requested a 4th Alarm for tankers to the scene. Tim found fires still burning and producing large amounts of smoke throughout many areas of the complex. He took a large amount of photos during the time he was on-scene which will be online in the coming hours. Here are a few samples of what he found in Peru. Earlier coverage of the fire can be found HERE.
A Pierce tower ladder from the Mendota Fire Department works an elevated master stream into one building in the Westclox complex in Peru, IL. Tim Olk photo
Another Pierce tower ladder, this one belonging to the Peru Fire Department, works at an adjacent building. Tim Olk photo
Firefighters direct a hand line into one of the buildings in an effort to extinguish some of the fire that still burns more than day after the fire broke out. Tim Olk photo
A section of the former clock company that has been totally destroyed. Tim Olk photo
An engine from LaSalle pumps water from the porta-tanks that are constantly refilled by one of the many tankers on the scene. Tim Olk photo
A tanker from the Oglesby Fire District takes a turn at the porta-tanks. Tim Olk photo
The water supply officer prepares to send this tanker from the Standard Fire Protection District to dump it's water. Tim Olk photo
A Darley engine from the Dixon Rural Fire District pumps at the fire scene. Tim Olk photo
Firefighters were kept at a distance during the height of the fire due to the intense heat and are just now able to move in and hit all of the remaining fires. Here they douse a dumpster in a loading dock area near several burned trailers. Tim Olk photo
Well over a day after the initial fire was intentionally set, parts of the scene are still shrouded in thick smoke. Tim Olk photo
A Pierce Arrow engine from Peru pumps from another porta-tank set up in a different section of the complex. Tim Olk photo
Tim has a large gallery of images that can be found HERE.
Barrington Engine 3612 was running frontline and backed into the driveway. Three lines were taken off this engine. Larry Shapiro photo
The Barrington engine was fed by Lake Zurich Engine 2. A portable tank was dropped at the end of the block which was kept supplied by a tanker shuttle. Larry Shapiro photo
The Barrington Fire Department received calls for a structure fire before 9PM last night at #7 Crestview Lane in Lake Barrington. First arriving units found heavy fire in what would be determined later as a vacant house undergoing renovation. Lake Zurich Engine 2 (3214), located roughly two miles from the fire scene arrived right behind companies from Barrington Station 3 and setup a relay pumping operation which would later be supplied by a tanker shuttle from the end of Crestview Lane at Old Barrington Road.
Tankers from Palatine Rural and Long Grove wait to dump their tank water into the portable tank ahead after the Barrington tanker finishes. Larry Shapiro photo
Firefighters stand by Barrington Engine 361 drafting water from the portable tank which is sent down the block to Lake Zurich Engine 2. Larry Shapiro photo
Looking down Crestview Lane from Lake Zurich Engine 2, Barrington Engine 361 can be seen at the end of the block. Larry Shapiro photo
Seven tankers responded to the scene and the fire was struck out in less than an hour. Temperatures at the time of the fire were in the low 80s with high humidity. Mutual aid companies came from Hoffman Estates, Carpentersville, Mundelein, Cary, Palatine, Palatine Rural, Long Grove, Bartlett, Wauconda, Algonquin-Lake In The Hills, and Deerfield.
Mundelein Engine 431 is parked on Old Barrington Road as the crew works inside the house. Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro arrived after the fire was out and submitted some images from the scene and the staging area.
Firefighters from Hoffman Estates Engine 23 were also put to work leaving the rig in staging. Larry Shapiro photo
Carpentersville Engine 942, a 2007 Pierce Dash also sits in staging several blocks from the fire. Larry Shapiro photo
Cary firefighters responded with Squad 255. Larry Shapiro photo
West Dundee firefighters also responded on the 2nd Alarm with this Pierce Saber. Larry Shapiro photo
The Daily Herald has a brief article HERE.
The newest station for Crete Township is at 26730 S. Stony Island Avenue. Bill Friedrich photo
The Crete Township Fire Protection in MABAS Division 27has three stations. They have a variety of engines made my Pierce, E-ONE, Luverne, and Alexis. The ambulances are from Medtec and they also have three tankers (tenders), the newest of which was completed in 2011 by Alexis on a Freightliner M2 chassis.
In 1995, Crete Township was one of several south suburban fire departments to order an engine from Luverne on an HME 1871 chassis. Two of these had the largest extended and raised cabs that were offered; one went to Alsip and the other is still on the roster for Crete Township with a fully enclosed pump operator panel.
The newest unit in the Crete Township fleet is a 3,000-gallon tender built by Alexis on a Freightliner chassis. There is a graphic on the porta-tank cover which illustrates a steamer that was refurbished by Gene Morris of Alexis Fire Equipment.
The graphic represents a steamer which resides at Alexis Fire Equipment. Bill Friedrich photo
