![]() ![]() Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. LIVE TRAFFIC MAP of neighborhood to a report of a building on fire just south of the Korner House at near Elmhurst Road and Old Higgins Road Elk Grove Village, IL … ![]() The building appeared to be a 2-unit building with the fire possibly starting in the east unit. Winds at the time of the fire were from the northwest about 15-16 MPH and gusting up to 26 MPH.Įlmhurst Road was closed in both directions just south of Higgins Road.įirefighters from Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Hoffman Estates, Itasca, Mount Prospect, Prospect Heights, Rolling Meadows, Rosemont, and Wood Dale worked at the scene of the fireįirefighters from Long Grove and Roselle provided standby coverage in area fire stations. The aggressive use of multiple water streams kept the fire from spreading to structures to the south of the fire. The crew from Des Plaines Tower 63 did the same from the east side of the building.įirefighters also directed a master stream from the ground on the west side of the building. The crew from Elk Grove Village Tower 7 setup their Tower Ladder with an elevated stream dousing the fire into the collapsed roof from the north side of the building. On the north side of the building, Elk Grove Village firefighters immediately went to work with a deck gun from Engine 9, while Elk Grove Township firefighters worked a heavy water stream from a multi-versal on the ground in front of the building. The fire jurisdiction was believed to be covered by Elk Grove Township. ![]() The building was believed to be vacant, but occupied buildings just to the south were at risk from exposure to the fire.Ī MABAS Box Alarm was requested by Elk Grove Township’s Battalion Chief. Police and firefighter/paramedics arrived to find a commercial building full-involved with fire at the southeast corner of Elmhurst Road and Old Higgins Road. Vacant commercial building fire on Old Higgins Rd and Elmhurst Rd, Elk Grove Village.Įlk Grove Village police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 9:15 PM Monday to a report of a building on fire just south of the Korner House at Elmhurst Road and Old Higgins Road Elk Grove Village, IL. Several banker’s boxes appeared to block the opening of the door. Firefighters entered a door on the north side of the building to access the east side of the building. Most of the fire appeared to be on the east side of the building. Last Monday night’s fire destroyed a building on the east side of Elmhurst Road. The fire occurred while the strip club was closed for the July 4th holiday. An investigator said it appeared that a door was forcibly entered and a fire was started in a coatroom. In July 2005 an arson fire was investigated at the Heavenly Bodies strip club directly across the street where IRS agents seized $12 million in cash in 2003. The fire tonight was apparently a small fire, especially small compared to the large fire that occurred Monday night (see video from Monday Augbelow). ![]() The address for the previously burnt out building is 2847 Elmhurst Road.Īpparently a computer aided dispatch (CAD) issue caused Northwest Central Dispatch System to send Elk Grove Village firefighters to the building fire, while Elk Grove Township firefighters were not made aware of the fire in their jurisdiction until after Elk Grove Village firefighters arrived.Įlk Grove Village firefighters put a hose in a window for the small fire tonight, and waited for Elk Grove Township to arrive to take over fire suppression operations at the building. to an apparent rekindle fire at a small commercial warehouse/office just south of the Korner House Bar and Grill and just across the street from Heavenly Bodies. Elk Grove Township and Elk Grove Village firefighters responded about 10:58 p.m. ![]()
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