Fire or Smoke in Portable Classroom HVAC at Lincoln Elementary School on Ridgewood Ln, Palatine

Palatine police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 8:54 PM Tuesday to an activated fire alarm at Lincoln Elementary School, 1021 N Ridgewood Lane Palatine, Il. Firefighter/paramedics crews on arrival reported smoke in a portable classroom at the back of the building by 9:00 p.m.

An interior crew reported no fire in the soffit; fire or smoke was in the HVAC unit by 9:07 p.m.

Companies were pulling ceilings and walls, looking for extension by 9:07 p.m.

FIRE/MEDIC UNITS ASSIGNED …

ENGINE(S): E82 E81

TRUCK(S): QUINT83 TL85

SQUAD(S): SQD85 (unavailable on another call)

RIT: BC ?? T ??

CHIEF(S): BC8

EMS: A82 A ??

LIVE TRAFFIC MAP of neighborhood to an activated fire alarm at Lincoln Elementary School, 1021 N Ridgewood Lane Palatine, Il …

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