Firefighters quickly extinguished a well-involved car fire in the eastbound lanes of Route 12 Wednesday afternoon, July 26, 2023. YouTube Tips ⓘ
Police, firefighters and paramedics responded about 2:18 p.m. Wednesday, July 26, 2023 to a report of a vehicle fire involving a small red car in the southbound lanes of Rand Road in Arlington Heights.
Traffic along Palatine Road continued as if nothing was happening, even as Arlington Heights Fire Engine 2’s crew approached from the southeast on Rand Road (US-12 WEST).
Traffic stopped when the fire engine was close to the intersection, entering the oncoming lanes for the best position to fight the fire.
A police officer shut down US-12 WEST just north of Palatine Road for a short time because smoke was obscuring visibility in the lanes of US-12 WEST (northbound Rand Road). The US-12 WEST lanes were reopened while US-12 EAST remained closed.
Initially, no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire was initially unknown. Hillside Towing removed the vehicle from the scene.
Several passersby stopped in the Jewel-Osco parking lot of Northpoint Shopping Center to watch firefighters extinguish the fire.
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