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House fire in Niles, 7-18-19

Excerpts from the Journal-Topics.com:

Niles firefighters suspect a lightning strike as the cause of a fire in a home in the 8300 block of Ballard Road Thursday morning (July 18). Residents in the home heard a loud bang, followed by lights flickering. The lightning strike ignited the fire in a small void space between the home’s vaulted ceilings and the roof itself. Firefighters used pike poles to pull down sections of ceiling to expose and extinguish the flames. 

All residents evacuated safely, there were no injuries, and the fire was extinguished within about 20 minutes.

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

Tags: Des Plaines FD Tower 61, fire scene photos, lightning strik in Niles, Morton Grove FD Quint 4, Niles FD Engine 2, Niles FD Tower 2, Niles Fire Department, Pierce Dash CF PUC, Steve Redick

This entry was posted on July 20, 2019, 7:00 AM and is filed under Fire Scene photos. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

2 Comments

• #1 by harry on July 21, 2019 - 12:37 AM

  

  they are getting another like this in the next several months

• #2 by Mike C on July 20, 2019 - 7:40 AM

  

  The Niles engine layout is beautiful! Low hose bed and a lot of scene lighting.

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