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2nd Alarm house fire in Lake Zurich 8-23-13 (more)

A video from this morning’s fire scene in Lake Zurich from Larry Shapiro

A gallery of the photos from the scene can be viewed HERE.

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2nd Alarm house fire in Lake Zurich 8-23-13

This from Larry Shapiro:

Lake Zurich FD received a call at 4:34AM reporting a house fire at 23722 S. Lakewood Lane in unincorporated Lake County. FIrst in companies found a well-involved frame house. The alarm was upgraded to a Box Alarm and then a 2nd Alarm for additional tankers as the neighborhood has no hydrants. The house, which was reportedly vacant,  was completely destroyed.

 

Lake Zurich FIre Department house fire

All that was left standing was the lower portion of the front wall around the garage. Larry Shapiro photo

Lake Zurich FIre Department house fire

Firefighters hit hot spots in what’s left of the house. Larry Shapiro photo

Lake Zurich FIre Department house fire

Firefighters hit hot spots in what’s left of the house. Larry Shapiro photo

Lake Zurich FIre Department house fire

Firefighters cut out the remaining garage arch. Larry Shapiro photo

Lake Zurich FIre Department house fire

This Lake Zurich engine was first-in. Larry Shapiro photo

Lake Zurich FIre Department house fire

Round Lake tanker being dumped. Larry Shapiro photo

Lake Zurich FIre Department house fire

Two portable tanks were setup for water supply. Larry Shapiro photo

Companies on the alarm include four engines from Lake Zurich plus mutual aid engines from Mundelein, Palatine, Arlington Heights, and Fox River Grove. Trucks were from Wauconda and Buffalo Grove. Lincolnshire-Riverwoods and Libertyville sent ambulances, and tankers were from Long Grove, Cary, Fox Lake, Round Lake, Countryside, Palatine Rural, and Nunda. The Mess Canteen provided support services and chief officers were due from Wauconda, Countryside, Buffalo Grove, Long Grove, and Palatine.

 

Lake Zurich FIre Department house fire

Apparatus staged down the block. Larry Shapiro photo

Lake Zurich FIre Department house fire

Long Grove tanker nursing the engine. Larry Shapiro photo

Lake Zurich FIre Department house fire

View of the B-Sector. Larry Shapiro photo

Lake Zurich FIre Department house fire

View of the B-Sector. Larry Shapiro photo

Lake Zurich FIre Department house fire

Long Grove Tanker 55 was nursing the Lake Zurich engine. Larry Shapiro photo

Lake Zurich FIre Department house fire

The second Lake Zurich engine was drafting from the portable tanks. Larry Shapiro photo

I arrived after the structure was already down and have some late images and a video that will follow later.

 

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Inverness house fire goes to 3 alarms for Palatine Rural FPD (more)

Video from Larry Shapiro of the house fire in Inverness that went to 3 alarms on Tuesday evening

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Inverness house fire goes to 3 alarms for Palatine Rural FPD

This from Larry Shapiro:

Inverness house destroyed by fire

For the second time in a week, Palatine Tower 85 is used at a multiple alarm fire. Larry Shapiro photo

Homeowners at 14 Carnoustie Lane in Inverness called the Palatine Rural FPD and reported fire in the attic of their house shortly before 5PM on Tuesday. The large home is located in an area without hydrants roughly 1/2 mile from the fire station. First arriving companies attempted an interior attack and were forced to retreat and change to a defensive strategy. Heavy fire took hold of the attic and self vented through the roof as the alarm was escalated for additional units and water tankers. Two Palatine Rural firefighters from the initial attack company were subsequently transported to an area hospital.

Inverness house destroyed by fire

After the roof collapse as seen from the rear. Larry Shapiro photo

Inverness house destroyed by fire

View from Sector B. Larry Shapiro photo

Inverness house destroyed by fire

Another line is stretched to the Rolling Meadows engine. Larry Shapiro photo

Inverness house destroyed by fire

The Rolling Meadows engine with a line off. Larry Shapiro photo

A tanker shuttle was initiated as Palatine Tower 85 was put to work with an elevated master stream. The temperature as companies arrived was 94 degrees with a heat index near 100 degrees. A 2nd alarm was struck for additional tankers and then a 3rd alarm was requested when all companies in the staging area had been depleted.

Inverness house destroyed by fire

Firefighter colls off. Larry Shapiro photo

Inverness house destroyed by fire

Units in the staging area. Larry Shapiro photo

Inverness house destroyed by fire

Cary tender dumping. Larry Shapiro photo

Inverness house destroyed by fire

Prospect Heights Tanker 9. Larry Shapiro photo

Inverness house destroyed by fire

Heavy fire burning in the garage. Larry Shapiro photo

 

Companies included engines from Palatine Rural, Palatine, Hoffman Estates, Rolling Meadows, Barrington, Lake Zurich, Carpentersville, Roselle, Elk Grove Village, Elk Grove Township, and Mount Prospect. Trucks came from Palatine, Buffalo Grove, Hoffman Estates, Wheeling, and Des Plaines. Tankers working included Palatine Rural, Long Grove, Prospect Heights, Roselle, Cary, Fox River Grove, Rutland-Dundee, Wauconda, and Crystal Lake. Departments with ambulances included Palatine, East Dundee, Crystal Lake, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods, Bartlett, and Arlington Heights.

Inverness house destroyed by fire

The Palatine reserve engine is being used by Palatine Rural. Larry Shapiro photo

Inverness house destroyed by fire

The tanker from Fox River Grove dumps at the portable tanks. Larry Shapiro photo

Inverness house destroyed by fire

Roselle Tender 561 at the portable tanks. Larry Shapiro photo

Inverness house destroyed by fire

Tender from Rutland-Dundee FPD. Larry Shapiro photo

Inverness house destroyed by fire

Larry Shapiro photo

A hand line was dedicated to monitor hot embers that landed on a neighbor’s cedar shake roof which caused some concern early into the operation.

Inverness house destroyed by fire

The house sustained severe damage. Larry Shapiro photo

 

Inverness house destroyed by fire

Palatine EMA using former Palatine FD ambulance. Larry Shapiro photo

Mutual aid companies were being released around 8PM and the alarm was struck-out just before 9PM.

More images can be viewed HERE.

A video will be posted tomorrow.

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Lake Zurich 2nd Alarm house fire in Hawthorn Woods 6-23-13

After midnight on Sunday, the Lake Zurich Fire Department was notified of a fire that was burning on the back deck of a house at 11 Rosewood Drive in Hawthorn Woods. First arriving companies found a fire on the back deck that had communicated to the house, and that all of the residents had evacuated. This area of Hawthorn Wood is without hydrants and the fire was upgraded to a box alarm and then quickly to a 2nd alarm which brought a total of seven water tankers to the scene.

Wauconda’s tower ladder initially setup for an elevated master stream as the fire spread to the attic, but the water supply was insufficient and the defensive attack was conducted with hand lines.

Two portable tanks were dropped and a tanker shuttle was initiated to support the operations through a Lake Zurich engine. The fire consumed the entire rear section of the attic and roof with damage to several second floor rooms.

A contributor submitted two early images from the scene and Larry Shapiro  submitted several images and a video.

house fire at 11 Rosewood Drive in Hawthorn Woods

An early image showing the roof and attic well involved.

house fire at 11 Rosewood Drive in Hawthorn Woods

Another image from the street during the early stages of the fire.

house fire at 11 Rosewood Drive in Hawthorn Woods

The bulk of the fire has been knocked down as seen from the front. Larry Shapiro photo

house fire at 11 Rosewood Drive in Hawthorn Woods

Visible fire in the D-Sector as a hand line works in the rear. Larry Shapiro photo

house fire at 11 Rosewood Drive in Hawthorn Woods

Buffalo Grove Tower 25 was the RIT observing the conditions from the rear. Larry Shapiro photo

house fire at 11 Rosewood Drive in Hawthorn Woods

Small fire visible along the roof line in the B-Sector. Larry Shapiro photo

house fire at 11 Rosewood Drive in Hawthorn Woods

Water supply sector in front of the fire building. Larry Shapiro photo

house fire at 11 Rosewood Drive in Hawthorn Woods

Lake Zurich engine drafting from the portable tanks and supplying multiple lines. Larry Shapiro photo

house fire at 11 Rosewood Drive in Hawthorn Woods

The fire was reported to have begin on the deck along the back of the house. Larry Shapiro photo

house fire at 11 Rosewood Drive in Hawthorn Woods

Deerfield firefighters hit hot spots in the B-Sector. Larry Shapiro photo

house fire at 11 Rosewood Drive in Hawthorn Woods

Lake Zurich engine drafts from two portable tanks that are connected. Larry Shapiro photo

house fire at 11 Rosewood Drive in Hawthorn Woods

Fox Lake tender fills the portable tank. Larry Shapiro photo

house fire at 11 Rosewood Drive in Hawthorn Woods

Water tankers (tenders) from Grayslake and Fox Lake. An early image showing the roof and attic well involved.

More images can be found in a gallery HERE.

 

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13-Alarm Fire in Burlington, WI 1-30-13 (pt4)

Our thanks to Deputy Chief William Q. Rice for compiling this summary and sharing it:

echo lake foods fire in burlington wi

echo lake foods fire in burlington wi

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13-Alarm Fire in Burlington, WI 1-30-13 (pt2)

Here is a video and some images from Larry Shapiro from the 13-alarm fire in Burlington WI overnight.

Pierce fire engine drafting from lake

Big Bend, WI engine drafting from Echo Lake. Larry Shapiro photo

Pierce fire engine drafting from lake

Another view of the Big Bend, WI engine drafting from Echo Lake. Larry Shapiro photo

 

Pierce engine pumping at winter fire

Wauconda engine pumping in-line. Larry Shapiro photo

Pierce quint with elevated master stream

Wheatland, WI quint working in Sector D. Larry Shapiro photo

Pierce tower ladder with elevated master stream

Lake Geneva tower ladder working in Sector A. Larry Shapiro photo

E-ONE engine drafting from portable tank

Kansasville, WI engine drafting from a portable tank. Larry Shapiro photo

E-ONE engine drafting from portable tank

Lake Geneva tower ladder visible in the background being supplied by the Kansasville engine. Larry Shapiro photo

fire engines drafting from portable tanks

Kansasville and Burlington engines drafting in Sector A. Larry Shapiro photo

fire tanker dumping water into portable tank

A tanker dumping at the D Sector water supply. Larry Shapiro photo

large chemical storage tanks at industrial fire scene

Several of the chemical storage tanks that were threatened. Larry Shapiro photo

fire tender dumping water into portable tank

Another tanker working in Sector D. Larry Shapiro photo

fire department tanker at fire scene

Lyons Township, WI tanker turning around to access the portable tanks. Larry Shapiro photo

fire chief covered with ice

Kansasville Assistant Chief working Sector D. Larry Shapiro photo

Pierce top-mount engine pumping at winter fire

A Burlington engine pumping in-line to supply a master stream. Larry Shapiro photo

HME fire engine drafting from portable tank

Town of Burlington engine drafting from the portable tanks along the southside of the fire. Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro has a gallery with images from the Echo Lake Foods fire

 

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13-Alarm Fire in Burlington, WI 1-30-13

A large fire broke out just after 6PM last night at the Echo Lake Foods facility at 33102 South Honey Lake Road in Burlington, WI.


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The fire building was one of a series of six buildings inter-connected at the facility that processes the following according to the company website:

We are passionate in our commitment to producing the best quality egg products and breakfast-style entrees.

•  PRECOOKED EGG ENTREES
•  FRENCH TOAST & PANCAKES
•  CREPES AND BLINTZES
•  PRECOOKED SCRAMBLED AND DICED EGGS
•  FROZEN LIQUID EGGS
•  WAFFLES
•  MINI PANCAKES
As such, the facility has large amount of ammonia and liquid oxygen. As of 5AM Friday, (11 hours into the incident), NBC TMJ4 reported the following:

BURLINGTON – An eight-alarm fire has gone into its 13th hour of burning out of control Thursday morning at the Echo Lake Foods processing plant in Burlington.

“There still is active fire.  It is not contained at this point,” said Fire Chief Richard Lodle during a 5 a.m. news conference Thursday which aired live on TODAY’S TMJ4.

More than 80 fire departments and 200 firefighters have given their assistance to the Burlington Fire Department.

The Burlington Police Department evacuated 10 homes and an apartment building, assisting about 50 people.

The fire broke out just after 6 p.m. Wednesday, and is at 33102 N. Honey Lake Road in Burlington, the site of Echo Lake Foods.

“The fire department discovered a significant fire upon arrival,” said Miller.

“The plant was successfully evacuated.  There were no injuries to employees or, so far, to any firefighters.”

Hazardous materials teams came on scene because of ammonia and liquid oxygen tanks.

Meanwhile, Burlington’s fire chief is rotating in hundreds of firefighters from around southeastern Wisconsin, as far away as Milwaukee County.

“That’s why the large number of departments that we have called in, the large number of personnel that we’ve had…We’re not rotating out and rotating back in.  When you rotate out, you go home.”

He also said they have not have much opportunity to enter the building and fight the fire from inside.

“The majority has been on a defensive mode.  At this point, we’re attempting to do an interior attack, if we can get crews in.”

The company, founded in 1941, produces eggs and egg products, as well as other breakfast products. The factory has a long history in the Burlington area.

“This will affect the city greatly.  We will attempt to help them rebuild and re-open the plant as soon as possible,” said Miller during the news conference.

“One of the largest employers…it’s going to be a loss of 300 jobs for a while.”

The complete article with photos is HERE.

The fire went to a 5th Alarm (as high as MABAS Alarms are rated) and then 8 separate inter-divisional alarms were requested with strike teams or task forces requested from other MABAS Divisions in Wisconsin and Illinois. (some of the MABAS Divisions that responded include 101, 102, 106, 4, 5)

Tim Olk and Larry Shapiro went to the incident roughly four hours after the initial alarm and have a video and images from the scene that will be posted later. The size of the scene, the bitter cold weather, and the hazardous smoke restricted their access to two of the four sectors.

The incident is located in an area that required tankers to shuttle water to portable tanks, where engines drafted to feed the multiple master streams. Some of the streams had to shutdown fairly often as the three or four portable tanks that were inter-connected would be depleted before they could be refilled. There were at least three such water supply sectors being managed at the fire scene. Eventually, a drafting operation was setup from Echo Lake along Milwaukee Avenue. Two engines and a quint worked to complete this task for engines supplying a master stream in Sector D.

The Chicago Tribune has an article HERE.

ABC news has an article HERE.

MyRacineCounty.com has an article.

Fox6now.com has an article with video.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel online has an article with a great overhead image from this morning.

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Barrington 2nd & 4th Alarm fire 10-10-12 (update 2)

Larry Shapiro submitted several images from the 4-11 alarm fire in Barrington Hills.

 

large barn fire in Barrington Hills IL 10-10-12 on Ridge Road

The view from Ridge Road when Larry arrived. Larry Shapiro photo

large barn fire in Barrington Hills IL 10-10-12 on Ridge Road fire tanker shuttle

The portable water tanks on Ridge Road at the entrance to the private drive. Larry Shapiro photo

large barn fire in Barrington Hills IL 10-10-12 on Ridge Road fire tanker shuttle

Crystal Lake tanker filling the portable tank. Larry Shapiro photo

large barn fire in Barrington Hills IL 10-10-12 on Ridge Road

Barrington Engine 361drafting from the portable tanks. Larry Shapiro photo

large barn fire in Barrington Hills IL 10-10-12 on Ridge Road large diameter hose

Over 1,000 feet of large diameter hose from the road to the house. Larry Shapiro photo

large barn fire in Barrington Hills IL 10-10-12 on Ridge Road

Barrington Quint 363 with several lines off. Larry Shapiro photo

large barn fire in Barrington Hills IL 10-10-12 on Ridge Road

Fire has traveled the length of the structure. Larry Shapiro photo

large barn fire in Barrington Hills IL 10-10-12 on Ridge Road

The fire involved one of several buildings on the property. Larry Shapiro photo

large barn fire in Barrington Hills IL 10-10-12 on Ridge Road

The rear of the involved structure. Larry Shapiro photo

large barn fire in Barrington Hills IL 10-10-12 on Ridge Road Carpentersville Fire District

Carpentersville firefighters work a line in the ‘C’ sector. Larry Shapiro photo

large barn fire in Barrington Hills IL 10-10-12 on Ridge Road

Firefighters work on the smoldering fire at the east end of the garage. Larry Shapiro photo

large barn fire in Barrington Hills IL 10-10-12 on Ridge Road

The area of origin suffered a complete structural collapse. Larry Shapiro photo

large barn fire in Barrington Hills IL 10-10-12 on Ridge Road Elgin Fire Department

Elgin responded to the scene with Truck 1. Larry Shapiro photo

large barn fire in Barrington Hills IL 10-10-12 on Ridge Road Wauconda Fire District

The Wauconda tanker stands by in the water supply sector. Larry Shapiro photo

large barn fire in Barrington Hills IL 10-10-12 on Ridge Road

Apparatus in staging lined Ridge Road in both directions Larry Shapiro photo

A large gallery of images can be found HERE.

More images are HERE.

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Barrington 2nd & 4th Alarm fire 10-10-12 (update 1)

More images by Tim Olk from this morning’s extra alarm fire in Barrington Hills.

 

large fire in Barrington Hills 10-10-12 on Ridge Road

View from Ridge Road. Tim Olk photo

large fire in Barrington Hills 10-10-12 on Ridge Road

Approaching the property along the private drive. Tim Olk photo

large fire in Barrington Hills 10-10-12 on Ridge Road

View from the pasture behind the structure. Tim Olk photo

large fire in Barrington Hills 10-10-12 on Ridge Road

Barrington firefighters maneuver a 2 1/2″ line into position. Tim Olk photo

large fire in Barrington Hills 10-10-12 on Ridge Road

Firefighters prepare to gain access to the center garage. Tim Olk photo

large fire in Barrington Hills 10-10-12 on Ridge Road

Firefighters cut into the garage door. Tim Olk photo

large fire in Barrington Hills 10-10-12 on Ridge Road

A line is directed at the fire inside the garage. Tim Olk photo

large fire in Barrington Hills 10-10-12 on Ridge Road

A line is used to wet down the area of origin. Tim Olk photo

large fire in Barrington Hills 10-10-12 on Ridge Road

A resident surveys the carnage. Tim Olk photo

 

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