Des Plaines firefighters were called for a kitchen fire at 2148 Chestnut Street at 3:30AM 1/11/18. This occurred as many units were still working at the Maine Scrap Metals fire that started several hours earlier. Callback Des Plaines firefighters staffing reserve units and change-of-quarters companies responded to this alarm. The first arriving units reported fire blowing out of the front windows of this end unit. One occupant signed a release and was not transported. Companies at this fire were Des Plaines Engine 64 (using Engine 62), Des Plaines Ambulance 64, Des Plaines Battalion 62, Rosemont Engine 156, North Maine Engine 1, Niles Ambulance 2, and Glenview Ambulance. Schiller Park Truck 5 and Battalion 5 responded from the other fire scene.
![aftermath of apartment fire](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/180111_DESP-9597A-600x400.jpg)
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![firefighters after battling an apartment fire](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/180111_DESP-9600A-600x400.jpg)
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![firefighter in PPE after battling a fire](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/180111_DESP-9601A-600x400.jpg)
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![Rosemone FD Engine 156](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/180111_DESP-9607A-600x400.jpg)
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![firefighters in PPE after battling a fire](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/180111_DESP-9611A-600x400.jpg)
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![scene of gutted apartment fire](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/180111_DESP-9612A-600x400.jpg)
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![Des Plaines FD Engine 62](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/180111_DESP-9614A-600x400.jpg)
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![North Maine FPD Engine 1](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/180111_DESP-9618A-600x400.jpg)
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![Schiller Park FD Truck 5](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/180111_DESP-9619A-600x400.jpg)
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