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Box Alarm in LaGrange Park 7-24-12

Jul 24

Posted by bgshap in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Service News | 6 Comments

This from Josh Boyajian:

LaGrange Park had a box alarm this afternoon, it looked like they had a power line fall and caught a house and a garage across the street from each other on fire. There was mutual aid from all over including a new battalion buggy from Tri-State and Bellwood’s new tower ladder. I took a few pictures but all the fire was knocked.

The LaGange Patch wrote:

The La Grange Park Fire Department was called out at 3:24 p.m. July 24 to a house fire at 1401 Newbury. The fire was out within 25 minutes

Departments from La Grange; Oak Brook, North Riverside; Pleasantview; Bellwood; Hinsdale; and Westmont were in the scene.

LaGrange Park house fire 7-24-12 at 1401 Newbury

Josh Boyajian photo

LaGrange Park house fire 7-24-12 at 1401 Newbury

Josh Boyajian photo

LaGrange Park house fire 7-24-12 at 1401 Newbury

Josh Boyajian photo

LaGrange Park house fire 7-24-12 at 1401 Newbury

Josh Boyajian photo

Tri-State Fire Protection District battalion chief vehicle

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Bellwood Fire Department tower ladder

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Box alarm in Troy 6-27-11

Jun 27

Posted by bgshap in Apparatus on-scene, Fire, Fire Service News, Reader submission | Comments off

Jim Skrabel took in a Box Alarm this morning in Troy and submitted several images and this description:

The fire was at Auto-Masters, 724 Cottage, Shorewood, Illinois. The building was a one-story, 25×40 auto shop with a two-story house attached on the rear. Companies encountered heavy fire and smoke on arrival and used (3) 2 1/2″ lines and (1) 1 3/4″ line. It was a very quick knock down by Troy crews.

 

Troy Fire Department auto body shop fire on Cottage 6-27-11

Troy Tower 2259 is seen in front of the fire building. Jim Skrabel photo

Troy Fire Department auto body shop fire on Cottage 6-27-11

Seen in the distance is one of Troy's new Pierce Arrow XT engines with the new color scheme. Jim Skrabel photo

Troy Fire Department auto body shop fire on Cottage 6-27-11

Firefighters survey the burned out body shop which had several cars inside being worked on. Jim Skrabel photo

 

Troy Fire Department auto body shop fire on Cottage 6-27-11

Two burned out cars can be seen inside the bays. Jim Skrabel photo

Troy Fire Department auto body shop fire on Cottage 6-27-11

Firefighters direct a hand line into a window in the rear of the body shop. Jim Skrabel photo

Troy Fire Department auto body shop fire on Cottage 6-27-11

Smoke escapes from the far work bay as a hand line is directed into the building. Jim Skrabel photo

Troy Fire Department auto body shop fire on Cottage 6-27-11

A line is used to cool the remaining hot spots after the fire has been knocked down. Jim Skrabel photo

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