4-Alarm fire in Fox River Grove, 9-29-13

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Hey everyone, I just got these photos from Tyler Tobolt of a pretty intense structure fire that happened on September 29th in Fox River Grove. It all went down around 6:15 PM when the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District got a call about a fire at 1 Algonquin Road in Barrington Hills. Algonquin Engine 143 quickly identified it as Fox River Grove's jurisdiction, so Fox River Grove was dispatched right away. When companies arrived, they found the situation was pretty serious, with a large header present. That’s why Fox River Grove command called for a second alarm using Box Card #5-670. Algonquin Engine 143 even had to back down the driveway to set up a tanker operation to supply water to Fox River Grove’s engine positioned in front of the building. Once the second alarm was issued, several other departments jumped into action. Lakewood Engine 1041, Carpentersville Engine 941, Palatine Engine 81, Hoffman Estates Engine 23, a Spring Grove engine, Barrington Tender 362, Crystal Lake Tender 371, East Dundee Tender 471, Nunda-Rural Tender 1371, Huntley Tender 973, Wauconda Ambulance 341, Marengo Rescue Ambulance 1152, along with chiefs from Algonquin, Barrington, Crystal Lake, Huntley, and Lake Zurich, plus a safety officer from Cary and representatives from EMA and the Salvation Army—all showed up to help. The COQ (Command Officer on the ground) was Nunda-Rural ambulance, McHenry engine, and Nunda Rural chief. Not long after the second alarm, command decided to escalate things further and called for a fourth alarm on the same box card. This brought even more reinforcements, including engines from Fox Lake, Mundelein, Grayslake, Elgin, Schaumburg, Rolling Meadows, Woodstock, Palatine Rural, McHenry, Wonder Lake, Richmond, Hebron, along with chiefs from Lake Zurich, McHenry, Wauconda, Lakewood, and Air 5. The fire raged for around 2 to 3 hours, which gives you an idea of how intense it must have been. I’ve attached some photos taken by Tyler Tobolt that really capture the scale and effort put into containing the blaze. Take a look at the images below to get a better sense of what the firefighters were dealing with that day. Incredible work by everyone involved! [Attached are six photos showing different angles of the fire and the extensive response effort.] Stay safe out there! Best, [Your Name]

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