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Mount Prospect Fire Department news (more)

Excerpts from the journal-topics.com:

A 92-year-old Mount Prospect resident who was rescued by firefighters in July during a house fire was able to thank them personally for their heroic efforts.

Doris Bjork, who is recovering at the Lutheran Home in Arlington Heights, met Lt. Ron Redlin and Firefighter Jon Schram on Aug. 15 and thanked them for pulling her out of her home through a second story window on July 18.

Crews received a call of a fire in the home in the 500 block of S. Main Street, south of the railroad tracks, at approximately 3:40 p.m. that day. When they arrived, firefighters were confronted with flames in the basement and Bjork calling for help from the second floor where smoke was rising up.

Firefighters were able to rescue her through a second-story bathroom window and transport her to the hospital. When Redlin and Schram pulled her out, she was unconscious.

Lambel said the department was notified that Bjork was at the Lutheran Home recovering. Deputy Chief John Dolan got in touch with her and arranged the reunion.

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Mount Prospect Fire Department news

Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:

An elderly woman was rescued by Mount Prospect firefighters Tuesday afternoon after calling 911 to report fire and smoke coming from her basement.

 The resident was on the second floor of her split-level, single family-house on the 500 block of South Main Street, where firefighters located her almost immediately upon arriving about 3:40 p.m., said Fire Chief Brian Lambel.

The woman was taken to the hospital in stable condition. The extent of her injuries wasn’t immediately known.

A second crew of firefighters went to the basement to extinguish the fire and brought it under control within 10 minutes of the initial 911 dispatch.

Fire damage was contained to one room in the basement, while the rest of the house sustained smoke damage, he said.

No firefighters were injured. Five area fire departments assisted on the scene.

The cause of the fire remained under investigation.

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