Lake Forest police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 11:40 PM Tuesday to a report of a house fire in the block of 180 West Laurel Ave Lake Forest IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics responded to a house fire on Laurel Avenue west of Green Bay Road. The large luxury mansion fire was quickly elevated to a Second Alarm and then a Third Alarm.
Firefighters from Barrington, Beach Park, Buffalo Grove, Countryside, Fox Lake, Grayslake, Gurnee, Highland Park, Lake Villa, Long Grove, Mundelein, Northbrook, Round Lake, Wauconda have responded mutual aid to assist Lake Forest firefighters.
Recently a mansion fire destroyed a home in the middle of the night November 10-11, 2013 on Keswick about one mile northwest of the Laurel Avenue fire scene.
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FIRE SCENE VIDEO: Lake Forest mansion house fire on Keswick Lane near Waukegan Road.
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