Extra Alarm Apartment Fire at Country Glen on Nichols Rd in Arlington Heights

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At least three people were hospitalized, and dozens displaced by an extra alarm fire in unincorporated Arlington Heights on Tuesday night, February 4, 2025 (ABC 7 Chicago). YouTube Tips ⓘ

Fire through the roof was burning on the second floor and third floor at a Country Glen apartments building (Craig/CapturedNews)
Fire through the roof was burning on the second floor and third floor at a Country Glen apartments building (Craig/CapturedNews).

Cook County Sheriff’s deputies and firefighters and paramedics from Long Grove Fire Protection District responded about 5:48 p.m. Tuesday, February 4, 2025 to a report of a kitchen fire in an apartment building at 2316 West Nichols Road in unincorporated Arlington Heights.




Long Grove’s Battalion Chief on arrival reported they had a working fire involving a 3-story apartment building. Minutes later fire command reported fire on the second and third floor, and the fire department response was upgraded to MABAS Box Alarm by about 5:58 p.m.

MABAS Division 3 Box Alarm on Box #55-1 activated by 6:00 p.m.

The fire department response was upgraded to a second alarm about 20 minutes later.

MABAS Division 3 Box Alarm (Second Level) on Box #55-1 activated by 6:20 p.m.

Fire command reported that firefighters had three hose lines on the fire, but that they were fighting the fire from the exterior. Simultaneously, firefighters were searching interior at the opposite ends of the building on the second and third floors.




Initially, there were no confirmed reports of details on injuries or missing people, but there was an area destruction in the apartment building that could not initially be searched.

A patient loaded into an ambulance at an extra alarm fire at Country Glen apartments (Craig/CapturedNews)
A patient loaded into an ambulance at an extra alarm fire at Country Glen apartments (Craig/CapturedNews).

Firefighters estimated up to 30 people may have been displaced from their homes, and the American Red Cross was assigned to the scene to help find shelter for people who were displaced.

People huddling in the cold while their apartment building is burning in unincorporated Arlington Height on Tuesday night, February 4, 2024 (Craig/CapturedNews)
People huddling in the cold while their apartment building is burning in unincorporated Arlington Height on Tuesday night, February 4, 2024 (Craig/CapturedNews).

In addition to the first one or two ambulances that were dispatched to the scene. Two additional ambulances were requested about 7:00 p.m. Northfield and Wheeling were assigned.

A few minutes later four additional ambulances were requested to respond to the scene. Buffalo Grove A26, Rolling Meadows, Gurnee, and Park Ridge were assigned.

A patient loaded into an ambulance at an extra alarm fire at Country Glen apartments (Craig/CapturedNews)
A patient loaded into an ambulance at an extra alarm fire at Country Glen apartments (Craig/CapturedNews).

Weather was cold around 22°F, with the worst weather conditions affecting the residents who had to evacuate their building and stand out in the cold before warming buses arrived. Ice was also forming on firefighters working to extinguish the fire with water. Around 50 fire companies responded to the scene.

NWS Chicago Executive Airport Weather
Sky partly cloudy to clear 22°F
Winds are calm*. The pressure is 30.50 and the humidity is 68%. Last Updated on Feb 4 2025, 5:52 pm CST.

*Chicago Executive Airport might have had some data or instrument problems, check O’Hare wind below.

NWS O’Hare Int’l Airport Weather
Overcast and 23 F at Chicago, Chicago-O’Hare International Airport
*Winds are North at 18.4 MPH (16 KT). The pressure is 30.47 and the humidity is 65%. The wind chill is 10. Last Updated on Feb 4 2025, 5:51 pm CST.

The Box Alarm was struck out by about 8:54 p.m.

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The information in this article is an early report published before any summary information was confirmed or released by police or fire authorities.

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An extra alarm fire destroyed about 15 apartment units at the Country Glen apartment complex Tuesday night, February 4, 2025 (FOX 32 Chicago). YouTube Tips ⓘ

Fire scene at Country Glen apartments on Nichols Road in unincorporated Arlington Heights on Tuesday night, February 4, 2025 (SOURCE: Craig/CapturedNews)
Fire scene at Country Glen apartments on Nichols Road in unincorporated Arlington Heights on Tuesday night, February 4, 2025 (SOURCE: Craig/CapturedNews).
Buffalo Grove Fire Department Tower Ladder 25 on scene at an extra alarm apartment fire in unincorporated Arlington Heights in Cook County  on Tuesday night (Craig/Captured News)
Buffalo Grove Fire Department Tower Ladder 25 on scene at an extra alarm apartment fire in unincorporated Arlington Heights in Cook County on Tuesday night (Craig/Captured News).
Fire scene at Country Glen apartments on Nichols Road in unincorporated Arlington Heights on Tuesday night, February 4, 2025 (SOURCE: Craig/CapturedNews)
Fire scene at Country Glen apartments on Nichols Road in unincorporated Arlington Heights on Tuesday night, February 4, 2025 (SOURCE: Craig/CapturedNews).
Fire scene at Country Glen apartments on Nichols Road in unincorporated Arlington Heights on Tuesday night, February 4, 2025 (SOURCE: Craig/CapturedNews)
Fire scene at Country Glen apartments on Nichols Road in unincorporated Arlington Heights on Tuesday night, February 4, 2025 (SOURCE: Craig/CapturedNews).
Fire scene at Country Glen apartments on Nichols Road in unincorporated Arlington Heights on Tuesday night, February 4, 2025 (SOURCE: Craig/CapturedNews)
Fire scene at Country Glen apartments on Nichols Road in unincorporated Arlington Heights on Tuesday night, February 4, 2025 (SOURCE: Craig/CapturedNews).
Fire scene at Country Glen apartments on Nichols Road in unincorporated Arlington Heights on Tuesday night, February 4, 2025 (SOURCE: Craig/CapturedNews)
Fire scene at Country Glen apartments on Nichols Road in unincorporated Arlington Heights on Tuesday night, February 4, 2025 (SOURCE: Craig/CapturedNews).
Fire scene at Country Glen apartments on Nichols Road in unincorporated Arlington Heights on Tuesday night, February 4, 2025 (SOURCE: Craig/CapturedNews)
Fire scene at Country Glen apartments on Nichols Road in unincorporated Arlington Heights on Tuesday night, February 4, 2025 (SOURCE: Craig/CapturedNews).

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