CARDINAL EMERGENCIES: Chicago Fire Scanner and Citizen Witness Reports for Tuesday, August 27 2019

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TODAY’S 9-1-1 EMERGENCIES TIMELINE IN CHICAGOLAND

TUE AUG 27 2019 ~11:09 AM HOUSE FIRE ON 6TH AVE NEAR LEXINGTON ST MAYWOOD • Maywood Fire Department • HOUSE FIRE/BOX ALARM • 6th Ave and Lexington St Maywood, IL • MABAS Division 20 Box Alarm on Box #300 for a house fire on 6th Ave south of Lexington Street. [INCIDENT MAP]

TUE AUG 27 2019 ~7:32 AM CRASH WITH INJURIES AT I-90 AND BARRINGTON ROAD HOFFMAN ESTATES • Hoffman Estates Fire Department • Personal Injury Crash • 42.065995, -88.143604 (I-90 and Barrington Road Hoffman Estates, IL) • Report of a three-vehicle crash with injuries at the southbound Barrington Rd ramp to eastbound I-90. TL22 on arrival reports a 3-vehicle rear-end type collision. [INCIDENT MAP]

TUE AUG 27 2019 ~6:42 AM BICYCLIST HIT BY A VEHICLE AT DUNDEE RD AND CROFTON LN BUFFALO GROVE • Buffalo Grove Fire Department • Vehicle vs Bicyclist/Personal Injury Crash • Dundee Rd and Crofton Ln Buffalo Grove, IL • Report of an injured male bicyclist, age 60, struck by a vehicle. TL25 crew on arrival reports a patient down on the ground. [INCIDENT MAP]

TUE AUG 27 2019 ~5:03 AM TOWNHOUSE FIRE ON RED OAK CIRCLE NEAR VILLAGE DRIVE ROUND LAKE BEACH • Round Lake FPD • Kitchen Fire/Working Fire/General Alarm • Red Oak Circle and Village Drive Round Lake Beach, IL • Report of a kitchen fire in a townhouse on Red Oak Circle north of Village Drive. [INCIDENT MAP]

TUE AUG 27 2019 ~5:02 AM ATTACHED GARAGE FIRE ON REMINGTON DR NEAR WAVERLY DR, FOX LAKE • Fox Lake Fire Department • Working Fire/General Alarm • Remington Dr and Waverly DrFox Lake, IL • Report of an attached garage fire at a townhouse on Remington Drive north of Waverly Drive. [INCIDENT MAP]

TUE AUG 27 2019 ~12:36 AM APARTMENT FIRE ON W WILCOX ST NEAR KOSTNER AVE, CHICAGO • Chicago Fire Department • APARTMENT FIRE/Working Fire • 4420 W Wilcox St Chicago, IL • Report of an apartment fire. BC18 reports a 2-story ordinary, 25×50, with fire on the first floor and E95 hitting the fire with the deck gun by 12:40 a.m. E95 has line on the first floor, E113 has line on the second floor, ground ladders up, T26 has the aerial to the roof, and water on the fire 12:43 a.m. Primary search underway by 12:45 a.m. Main body of fire knocked and secondary search underway by 12:48 a.m. [INCIDENT MAP]

 O’HARE FORECAST … 

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. West southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. West southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

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