Fire at Proviso East High School at First Ave and Madison St — 3RD ALARM — Extra Alarm

Maywood police and firefighters responded about 9:00 p.m. to a fire at Proviso East High School, 807 South First Avenue, in Maywood. Firefighters on the scene immediately requested a box alarm at 9:04 p.m. and requested a second alarm for the fire at 9:09 p.m.

Fire command is reporting a fire in a three-story, ordinary construction, 125×125 square feet with a fire on the second level that is extending to the top level. Firefighters are moving to the roof, and checking the condition of the roof. Firefighters are also conducting searches in the interior of the high school building.

Firefighters from several nearby communities are assisting Maywood firefighters.

The fire at Proviso East High School was upgraded to a third alarm at 9:26 p.m.

The fire is possibly knocked at about 9:45 p.m. but heavy smoke conditions still exist inside the school building, and firefighters are pulling the ceiling down on the third floor to continue to fight the fire. A mobile ventilation unit is responding to the scene.

A mobile ventilation unit is on the scene and working to clear a large volume of smoke out of the school. The fire is declared out, but firefighters are still checking for extension of the fire in hidden and/or adjacent areas — and looking for hot spots at 9:58 PM.

THE THIRD ALARM 3-11 WAS STRUCK OUT AT 10:14 PM.

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