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2-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 11-23-23

Nov 25

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This from Eric Haak:

Just before sunrise on Thanksgiving morning, a fire broke out in the former Wing Hoe restaurant located in Chicago’s 9th Battalion. The structure was built as a private residence in 1913 and had been the Wing Hoe since 1971. It was currently vacant and scheduled for demolition. Companies had been drilling in the structure as recently as the day before. The building was a 2.5-story brick with a basement where the fire appeared to originate. Engine Company 83 made a valiant effort to get a line on it before it advanced, but with holes in the floor and being heavily charged with smoke, the decision was made to transition to a defensive attack.

I arrived as the box was being pulled and found very heavy smoke emanating from the entire structure. Engine Company 59 made entry from a safe POV through a rear door that accessed the basement and made some headway there but the fire extension was already advanced. A Snorkel, tower ladder, two RAMs, and several hand lines were used to bring this job under control.

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2-Alarm fire in Salem, WI 11-19-23

Nov 23

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This from Jimmy Bolf:

Salem Lakes, WI 2nd Alarm House Fire 11/19/23

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Working fire in Plainfield, 11-18-23

Nov 18

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This from Chris Skrabel

Plainfield full still on Lincoln highway

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Working fire in Chicago, 11-17-23

Nov 18

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This from Ryan Higgins:

Took this one in at 615 N Lotus Ave

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Apartment fire in East Joliet, 11-16-23

Nov 16

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This from Chris Skrabel:

East joliet full still on Bradford place this morning.

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Harlem-Roscoe Fire Protection District news

Nov 14

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From Harlem-Roscoe Fire Protection District on Facebook:

On Nov. 12th, 2023 at approx. 00:20 hours, the Harlem-Roscoe Fire Department (HRFD) was dispatched to a possible residential structure fire in the 10000 block of Monarch Road, in Roscoe. While en route to the call, HRFD’s dispatch advised that law enforcement was on the scene of a fully-involved structure fire with possible victims trapped at 10126 Clearwing Lane. Battalion Chief Jones immediately requested MABAS Box 11 to the 2nd alarm for additional resources. Upon B/C Jones’ arrival, he found moderate smoke and fire to the south side of a four-unit apartment complex with evidence of an explosion present. Law enforcement had forced entry into an upstairs apartment finding and removing one adult male and two small children. These individuals were evaluated and released by medical crews on scene. The remaining apartments are currently vacant. The fire was quickly contained and extinguished. The explosion had caused significant structural damage with the potential for collapse of some (or most) of the remaining structure. Crews remained on scene for several hours until Nicor could arrive and mitigate a natural gas leak that was caused by the damage.

HRFD would like to thank all the departments that responded to the scene, as well as the change of quarters companies that were available to cover any other calls for service that may have been requested within the district during this incident. No injuries or loss of life occurred from this event, however a family cat is missing.

Please avoid the immediate area around this structure to prevent injury or death resulting from any of the debris or further structural collapse.

The cause of the incident is under investigation, which has been turned over to the Office of the State Fire Marshal.

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Working fire in Lincolnwood, 9-30-23

Oct 1

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This from Collin Ehrlich:

Here are some pics from the fire last night in Lincolnwood at 3850 Devon

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Working fire in Chicago, 9-9-23

Sep 23

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This from Matt Sosnowski:

9-9-2023 DATELINE CITY OF CHICAGO STILL ALARM + W/F RESPONSE + 1 S/C AT 2445 WEST ON 51ST STREET CROSS STREETS OF SOUTH ARTESIAN & SOUTH CAMPBELL STILL ALARM @ 14:14 HOURS B/O/O E.F.A.O. W/F RESPONSE @ 14:16 HOURS B/O/O E.F.A.O. S/C #1 AT 14:34 HOURS B/O/O BATTALION CHIEF 6 STILL ALARM COMPANIES RESPONDING ENGINES 123/65 TOWER LADDER 39 LADDER {TRUCK} 52 SQUAD 5/5A C.V. 274 BATTALION CHIEF 6 W/F RESPONSE COMPANIES RESPONDING BATTALION 15 {SAFETY} BATTALION 14 {RIT} EMS FO 456/455 AMBULANCE 78/68 LADDER {TRUCK} 33 {RIT} S/C #1 COMPANY RESPONDING O.F.I. 469

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House fire in Vernon Hills, 9-11-23

Sep 11

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The Countryside FPD was responded to a reported house fire at 1111 Dearborn Lane in Vernon Hills this afternoon. Companies arrived to find heavy fire in the two-story, single-family home. The requested a MABAS Box Alarm for change-of-quarters companies and then elevated the alarm to fill out the full box alarm assignment to the scene.

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The fire was contained quickly and the Box Alarm was struck out prior to the arrival of all responding units.

This from Larry Shapiro:

I took in the house fire in Vernon Hills and arrived as the Box Alarm was struck out.

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Box alarm fire in Riverwoods, 9-11-23

Sep 11

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Lincolnshire-Riverwoods FPD (LRFPD) firefighters were sent to a reported house fire this morning at 1975 Rose Terrace in Riverwoods. After receiving a call from the homeowner reporting flames in the garage, the alarm was upgraded to a Working Fire. The first engine arrived at the large, two-story home and reported a fully-involved attached garage before initiating a transitional attack with a 2 1/2″ line.

Departments assisting the LRFPD at the scene were the Long Grove FPD, the Deerfield-Bannockburn FPD, the Countryside FPD, and Wheeling. After being on scene for roughly 30 minutes, the alarm was upgraded to a MABAS Box Alarm as companies found additional pockets of fire extension in the house. On the Box Alarm, companies came from Lake Zurich, Mundelein, Gurnee, and Libertyville.

The fire was contained and several mutual aid companies were returned from the staging area in short order.

Here are some images from Larry Shapiro who arrived after the Box Alarm.