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West Chicago (IL) Special Alarm 0N705 Morningside 9-21-16, a few images from a probable house struck by lightning during the Wednesday morning storms John Tulipano

house struck by lightning

John Tulipano photo

firefighter ventilates roof during fire

John Tulipano photo

firefighter ventilates roof during fire

John Tulipano photo

firefighter ventilates roof during fire

John Tulipano photo

firefighters raise ground ladder

John Tulipano photo

firefighters overhaul house after fire

John Tulipano photo

Carol Stream FD Engine 29

John Tulipano photo

firefighters overhaul house after fire

John Tulipano photo

Roselle Fire Department fire truck

John Tulipano photo

3-11 Alarm fire in the pallet yard at 456 N. Damen Avenue, 9-19-16

fire scene at night with fire trucks

Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

fire scene at night with fire trucks

Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

fire scene at night with fire trucks

Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

Chicago FD Engine 14

Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

Chicago FD Engine 30

Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

 

Six people were injured after a pickup truck rear ended a car carrier on I-95 near the 54 mile marker southbound in Colleton County (SC), Tuesday morning 20-September at 02:08. Both vehicles were traveling southbound when the collision occurred. The 2015 Silverado pickup truck overtook the tractor trailer car carrier and impacted the rear of the trailer, pushing the lower deck of cars forward and causing heavy damage to the pickup truck which was pinned to the trailer. The adult male driver of the pickup truck was trapped in the wreckage and suffered multiple traumatic injuries. An adult female and two female juveniles in car seats were also injured. Both adult male patients in the tractor trailer also complained of non-life threatening injuries.

First arriving Colleton County (SC) Firefighter-Paramedics on Medic 1 and Engine 1 requested three additional Fire-Rescue ambulances while they began treating the injured. One lane of southbound I-95 was closed. Crews used Holmatro rescue tools from Engine 1 to remove the driver’s door and free the driver. He was transported emergent to the trauma center at Trident Medical in Summerville by Medic 19. The other patients were transported to Colleton Medical Center. The driver of the tractor trailer denied ambulance transport.

Two dogs also escaped the pickup truck. Firefighters caught one dog and secured him until Animal Control officers arrived. Personnel and Animal Control units searched the area between Exits 53 and 57 for an hour but were unable to locate the second canine. The SC Highway Patrol is investigating the accident.

Engine 1, Medic 1, Medic 13, Medic 19, Medic 26, Battalion 1 and Car 12 responded. Battalion Chief Scott O’Quinn served as Incident Commander.

Barry W. McRoy, Fire Chief, Colleton County Fire-Rescue

pickup truck crashes into car carrier

Barry W. McRoy photo

firefighter uses Holmatro tools to cut driver from car

Barry W. McRoy photo

firefighters use Holmatro tools to cut driver from car

Barry W. McRoy photo

pickup truck crashes into car carrier

Barry W. McRoy photo

pickup truck crashes into car carrier

Barry W. McRoy photo

3-Alarm structure fire/EMS Box at 1915 S. Cicero Ave. in Cicero, IL on September 19th, 2016.  COUNTY-WIDE FIRE PHOTOGRAPHY

Oak Park Fire Department tower ladder at work

COUNTY-WIDE FIRE PHOTOGRAPHY

Cicero Fire Department Seagrave truck at work

COUNTY-WIDE FIRE PHOTOGRAPHY

ire scene in Cicero

COUNTY-WIDE FIRE PHOTOGRAPHY

fire trucks at building fire scene

COUNTY-WIDE FIRE PHOTOGRAPHY

Pierce ladder truck at work

COUNTY-WIDE FIRE PHOTOGRAPHY

More from Tim Olk

ladder pipes at work during building fire

Tim Olk photo

E-ONE fire engine at fire scene

Tim Olk photo

fire through roof of building

Tim Olk photo

fire scene in Cicero IL

Tim Olk photo

additional photos at chicagoareafire.com

Video from the 2-Alarm fire in Long Grove (IL) 9/16/16

The Long Grove FPD (IL) was dispatched with mutual aid companies to the area of Old McHenry Road and Cuba Road Friday night (9/16/16) just after 9:30PM for a reported house fire. The location is just blocks from the fire station and the Long Grove units were in the area within minutes of the call. They found a vacant house in disrepair off of Shagbark Lane with heavy fire.

The Code 3 dispatch was quickly upgraded to a Code 4 for the working fire. Nine units were due on the initial dispatch including three tankers and another 12 units with five tenders were due on the Code 4 along with several chief officers.

Long Grove Squad 55 and Tanker 55 used 4,000 gallons of water which was quickly supplemented by another 3,200 gallons from the Wauconda tanker and 1,000 gallons from Lake Zurich Engine 4 as a water supply operation was implemented with a tanker shuttle.

Eventually a Box Alarm and then a 2nd Alarm for tenders only brought multiple additional resources to the scene.

vacant house engulfed in fire

Larry Shapiro photo

vacant house engulfed in fire

Larry Shapiro photo

vacant house engulfed in fire

Larry Shapiro photo

vacant house engulfed in fire

Larry Shapiro photo

vacant house engulfed in fire

Larry Shapiro photo

fire engine at fire scene with huge flames

Larry Shapiro photo

fire engine at fire scene with huge flames

Larry Shapiro photo

firefighter pulls hose at a fire scene

Larry Shapiro photo

firefighter pulls hose at a fire scene

Larry Shapiro photo

fire department tender nurses an engine

Larry Shapiro photo

firefighters moving hose during a fire

Larry Shapiro photo

fire department tender nurses an engine

Larry Shapiro photo

fire department water tender dumps water at fire scene

Larry Shapiro photo

Elk Grove Township FD tender dumps water at fire scene

Larry Shapiro photo

more photos at chicagoareafire.com and the full gallery is at shapirophotography.net