Buffalo Grove police officers and firefighters along with mutual aid companies were dispatched for smoke in the building at approximately 1:30 Saturday afternoon to the 321-335 Le Parc Circle building. First arriving companies had light smoke visible and went to investigate. Firefighters found fire from an end unit that was traveling in the walls and through void spaces between the first and second floors. The incident was upgraded to a Code 4 Working Fire that brought additional resources to the scene. As the fire spread into additional units in this six-unit building, the alarm was upgraded to a MABAS Box Alarm followed by a 2nd Alarm and eventually a 3rd Alarm.
Four aerials, Buffalo Grove Tower 25, Northbrook Tower 12, Mundelein Quint 432 a Lake Forest quint were setup for master streams but Mundelein did not go to work. After an aggressive interior attack utilizing multiple companies, everyone was ordered out of the building when conditions were deemed unsafe and they transitioned to a defensive attack.
All six units were left uninhabitable with the major destruction to several units along the west section of the building.
Jimmy Bolf photo
Jimmy Bolf photo
Jimmy Bolf photo
Jimmy Bolf photo
Jimmy Bolf photo
#1 by Andy on March 9, 2025 - 1:07 PM
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Thanks for the great pics Jimmy. It’s great to have guys like you to come out and document these scenes for us. The outcome isn’t what we wanted, but this fire will be a story that is told at the kitchen table for years.