Schaumburg police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 12:56 PM Sunday April 7, 2019 to a report of a house fire on Lawn Court near Kingsbury Drive in Schaumburg, Il. The first crew on arrival reported heavy smoke showing with a fire in the attic.
The response was upgraded to a Working Fire/Code 4 at 1:04 p.m.
The building was laddered with ground ladders and firefighters had water on the fire before 1:15 p.m. Firefighters used two handlines on the fire. Firefighters also setup the main ladder from a ladder truck.
Firefighters were making progress with the fire in the attic by 1:15 p.m. The fire was declared under control by 1:21 p.m. No injuries were reported initially.
Streamwood dispatched an ambulance and a fire engine to the scene.
Arlington Heights and Rolling Meadows sent fire engines to standby in a Schaumburg fire stations.
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