Des Plaines police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 5:05 PM Tuesday to an activated fire alarm followed by a report of a fire on the fourth floor at Asbury Court Retirement Community, 1750 South Elmhurst Rd, Des Plaines, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that a fire was burning in unit 4121. Upon receiving a telephone call from a citizen that there was a fire, the fire was upgraded to a working fire response. When firefighters discovered an active fire in the residential unit, firefighters upgraded the response to a MABAS Box Alarm.
No smoke was showing from the exterior of the building when firefighters arrived.
Firefighters extinguished the fire by about 5:25 p.m.
Eastbound Oakton Street was backed up to about Hamilton Road at 6:00 p.m.
FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC UNITS ASSIGNED …
ENGINE(S): E63 E62 ELK GROVE E8
TRUCK(S): T ?? T ?? TL61 SERVICE TRUCK 63
SQUAD(S): SQD??
RIT: BC ?? T ??
CHIEF(S): BC61
EMS: A63 A62
CODE 4 AT 05:10 PM on orders of BC63
ENGINE(S): E61
TRUCK(S): TL2
SQUAD(S):
EMS: A61 NORTH MAINE A1
CHIEF(S): 6100 6101 PARK RIDGE BC35 , MOUNT PROSPECT BC3
CHANGE OF QUARTERS: ELK GROVE E7, MT PROSPECT ENGINE, WHEELNG AMBULANCE, ROSEMONT AMBULANCE
MABAS DIVISION 3 BOX ALARM ON BOX #53F1 FOR A STRUCTURE FIRE (RETIREMENT COMMUNITY UNIT FIRE)
BOX UNITS ASSIGNED …
ENGINE(S): ELK GROVE TOWNSHIP, ROSEMONT, ROLLING MEADOWS, BENSENVILLE
TRUCK(S): PARK RIDGE, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS
SQUAD(S): CHICAGO SQD7
EMS: PROSPECT HEIGHTS, GLENVIEW, MORTON GROVE
CHIEF(S): NORTH MAINE, ELK GROVE VILLAGE
SPECIAL: COM3
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