Cook County Sheriff’s deputies, and firefighters and paramedics from Palatine responded about 1:32 p.m. Wednesday, February 5, 2025 to a report of an apartment fire at the Long Valley Apartments, 1223 Woodbury Lane in unincorporated Cook County for the report of an apartment fire. The first Palatine Fire Department unit arrived five minutes later and reported light smoke coming from the third floor of a three-story apartment building. Several residents of the building had evacuated before the fire department’s arrival.
Cook County Sheriff’s Police were already on scene, and alerted the other residents in the building. The initial fire crews located the fire in a common plumbing wall between the units on the third floor. Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire quickly, and ventilate the third floor of smoke. Fire damage was contained to the two units on the third floor with no extension into the mansard roof.
The fire was declared under control at 1:52 p.m.
Firefighting crews performed overhaul to expose any hidden fire and ensure no further fire spread.
No civilians or firefighters were injured during this incident. The fire is currently under investigation and damage estimates are not available at this time.
Thirty-two firefighters fought the fire, staffing five engines, two ladder trucks, one rescue squad, and four ambulances, which responded to the scene along with four command officers.
Firefighters from Arlington Heights and Long Grove assisted Palatine firefighters.
Cook County Sheriff’s Police assisted at the scene with traffic and crowd control.
The Palatine Fire Department reminds everyone to have working smoke alarms in their homes, whether it is a single-family dwelling, an apartment, or a condo.
For more fire safety tips visit palatine.il.us/796/Community-Risk-Reduction and
nfpa.org/Education-and-Research/Home-Fire-Safety
Apartment Fire
1223 Woodbury Ln., Palatine, IL
Incident #25-01006
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
1:32 p.m.
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