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Fire in Wheeling, 9-13-16

Sep 13

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The Wheeling Fire Department was called to 458 Thornhill Lane Tuesday morning (9/13/16) for a small fire at the rear of a second floor unit in a townhouse. First arriving units found fire on the outside of the building off the rear deck. One line was used and the damage was contained to a small area.

Rosenbauer America fire trucks in Wheeling IL

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

firefighters raise ground ladder to balcony

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

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Box Alarm for the townhouse fire in Vernon Hills, 3/21/14

Mar 21

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This from Larry Shapiro:

The Countryside FPD responded to a fire in a townhouse at 431 Tyler Court this morning as a crew inside was working on the floors. Evidently vapors ignited creating a flash fire that went out, but not before getting into a void inside the wall between two units. There was no visible sign of fire or damage outside the building, but three units suffered damage as the fire was on two floors and required extensive overhaul to find all of it before it could extend into the attic.

Countryside units were assisted by Lincolnshire-Riverwoods, Mundelein, Lake Zurich, Libertyville, Knollwood, Gurnee, Buffalo Grove, Lake Villa, and Round Lake.

Here are some images from the scene.

Countryside units in front of the building. Larry Shapiro photo

The front of the fire unit. Larry Shapiro photo

heavy rescue squad fills air bottles at fire scene

Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Squad 51 fills air bottles. Larry Shapiro photo

The Countryside engine on a hydrant in front. Larry Shapiro photo

Rosenbauer America fire engine at fire scene

Units in staging. Larry Shapiro photo

Debris after overhaul. Larry Shapiro photo

A resident and her dog war the scene unfold. Larry Shapiro photo

A gallery with additional shots is on my site at shapirophotography.net

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Libertyville 2nd Alarm Fire 3-27-13 (pt 3)

May 28

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Third posting about the 2nd Alarm Fire on Memorial Day at the Jamaican Gardens (north) in Libertyville. Here are images from larry Shapiro and a video.

large fire in Libertyville at the Jamaican Gardens nursery

Larry Shapiro photo

A gallery with more of Larry’s images is HERE.

The second article with images from Tim Olk is HERE.

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Libertyville 2nd Alarm Fire 3-27-13 (pt 2)

May 27

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The second posting on the 2nd alarm fire in Libertyville on Memorial Day includes images from Tim Olk.

Tim Olk photo

A large gallery with more images is HERE.

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Libertyville 2nd Alarm Fire 3-27-13 (pt 1)

May 27

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The Libertyville Fire Department responded to a reported fire at the Jamaican Gardens North located at 14595 W. Rockland Road (Route 176). First companies found heavy smoke obscuring visibility on Route 176 and had a significant fire burning on the east end of the property near what was the retail store entrance. An attack was initiated and the fire was upgraded to a MABAS Box Alarm.

The business had closed to the public several years ago and was reportedly vacant. Libertyville Tower 461 and Engine 463 were deployed on the eastern side of the property. The fast moving fire quickly spread to additional buildings on the west side, where access was limited. Lake Forest Tower Ladder 421 was positioned on the northern driveway and Countryside Engine 412 was at the northwest corner. As the fire grew in intensity, the alarm was upgraded to a 2nd Alarm bringing additional units to the scene.

A special request was made for the Division 1 MVU out of Wheeling, but the unit was not deployed and subsequently released before the box was struck out.

The two tower ladders deployed master streams in addition to multiple hand lines and two multi-versals. Along with Libertyville Engine 463 and the Countryside engine, Lake Bluff Engine 517 and Knollwood Engine 44 were also pumping. The fire was struck out after roughly three hours.

Other fire departments with companies at the scene were Mundelein, North Chicago, and Lake Zurich with ambulances, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods and Gurnee with rescue squads, Highland Park with a truck, plus Waukegan, Deerfield, and Newport Township with engines. Chief officers came from Countryside, Grayslake, Gurnee, Lake Bluff, and Lake Forest.

Tim Olk, Jeff Rudolph, and Larry Shapiro were at the scene.

This is the first in a three part series covering this fire.