Archive for November 9th, 2020

Working fire in Arlington Heights, 11-4-20

This from Larry Shapiro:

Arlington Heights firefighters responded to smoke in the building on Wednesday (11/4/20) at 2415 Kennicott DR. Units arrived and the alarm was upgraded to a Code 4. They had fire in one, second floor unit that was extinguished in short order. There was some significant smoke throughout. Buffalo Grove firefighters went to the roof and made several ventilation holes. In addition to all Arlington Heights companies, mutual aid units included Buffalo Grove Quint 25, Rolling Meadows Quint 82, and Prospect Heights Battalion 9.

aftermath of small apartment fire

Larry Shapiro photo

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Chicago Fire Department news

Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:

A Chicago firefighter was taken to a hospital in good condition with a minor injury after battling a fire Saturday in Edgewater on the North Side. The still-and-box alarm fire was reported at a home in the 5600 block of North Winthrop Avenue was put out by 3:23 a.m.

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