Firefighters from the Countryside Fire Protection District and neighboring fire departments responded to a house fire at 5636 Oakwood Circle Saturday night just after 8:30PM (3/1/25).  The fire, reported to have begun in the rear of the structure, communicated to the house. The neighborhood is without fire hydrants and required water to be shuttled to the scene by tankers (tenders). Firefighters initially took an offensive posture before having to transition to a defensive attack.

The alarm was upgraded to a MABAS Box Alarm for additional resources. Countryside, Mundelein, and Lincolnshire-Riverwoods apparatus were deployed on the block as a Lake Zurich engine laid 1000′ of 4″ hose to the corner where they began drafting from two portable tanks. Countryside Ladder Tower 411 was setup for aerial master stream operations in the driveway. 

A partial list of tankers that shuttled water to the scene included Countryside, Wauconda, Grayslake, Libertyville, Round Lake, and the first deployment for the new Long Grove tanker. Other units at the scene were a Gurnee tower ladder along with engines from Lake Forest, North Chicago, and Highland Park plus an ambulance from Wheeling. 

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