Video of vehicle(s) burning on northbound Route 53 near Peotone.
Peotone firefighters responded about 4:53 p.m. Thursday to two vehicles involving multiple vehicles. Fog was in the area from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
At least one of the vehicles caught fire and one vehicle was pinned under a truck. Firefighters were working an extrication operation to removed the victim from that part of the crash. An EMS Box alarm was called for extra ambulances. At lest ten ambulances responded to the crash.
Firefighters also requested a special alarm for tanker trucks to shuttle water to the crash scene to extinguish the fire.
Northbound lanes were not passable during rescue operations. Southbound lanes were closed for staging and other rescue and fire suppression operations.
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THU FEB 20 2014 ~4:53 PM PEOTONE FIRE DEPARTMENT MULTIPLE-INJURY CRASHES/EMS BOX ALARM NB I-57 NEAR WEIGH STAT… http://t.co/Igj2NcXFnp
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ENGINE(S): BEECHER
TRUCK(S): WILIMINGTON
EMS: MONEE, UNIVERSITY PARK, NEW LENOX, CRETE TOWNSHIP
CHIEF(S): MONEE, FRANKFURT
CHANGE OF QUARTERS: BRADLEY ENGINE, RIVERSIDE AMBULANCE, BEECHER CHIEF
EMS BOX 2ND ALARM AT 05:25 PM
ENGINE(S): MOMENCE, KANKAKEE
SQUAD(S): POSEN
EMS: RIVERSIDE, GRANT PARK, BOURBONAIS, CRETE
CHIEF(S): MANTENO
CHANGE OF QUARTERS: ORLAND
STAGING: SOUTHBOUND I-57 AT REST AREA SOUTH OF MANHATTAN-MONEE RD.
EMS BOX 3RD ALARM AT 06:09 PM
EMS: PARK FOREST, ST MARY’S, EAST JOLIET (PASS), UNIVERSITY PARK
STAGING: SOUTHBOUND I-57 AT REST AREA SOUTH OF MANHATTAN-MONEE RD.
DIVISION 15 TENDER STRIKE TEAM AT ABOUT 6:20 PM
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