Fire at Asbury Court Retirement Community on Elmhurst Rd Near , Des Plaines

Des Plaines police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 5:05 PM Tuesday to an activated fire alarm followed by a report of a fire on the fourth floor at Asbury Court Retirement Community, 1750 South Elmhurst Rd, Des Plaines, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that a fire was burning in unit 4121. Upon receiving a telephone call from a citizen that there was a fire, the fire was upgraded to a working fire response. When firefighters discovered an active fire in the residential unit, firefighters upgraded the response to a MABAS Box Alarm.

No smoke was showing from the exterior of the building when firefighters arrived.

Firefighters extinguished the fire by about 5:25 p.m.

Eastbound Oakton Street was backed up to about Hamilton Road at 6:00 p.m.

FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC UNITS ASSIGNED ...

ENGINE(S): E63 E62 ELK GROVE E8

TRUCK(S): T ?? T ?? TL61 SERVICE TRUCK 63

SQUAD(S): SQD??

RIT: BC ?? T ??

CHIEF(S): BC61

EMS: A63 A62

CODE 4 AT 05:10 PM on orders of BC63

ENGINE(S): E61

TRUCK(S): TL2

SQUAD(S):

EMS: A61 NORTH MAINE A1

CHIEF(S): 6100 6101 PARK RIDGE BC35 , MOUNT PROSPECT BC3

CHANGE OF QUARTERS: ELK GROVE E7, MT PROSPECT ENGINE, WHEELNG AMBULANCE, ROSEMONT AMBULANCE

MABAS DIVISION 3 BOX ALARM ON BOX #53F1 FOR A STRUCTURE FIRE (RETIREMENT COMMUNITY UNIT FIRE)

BOX UNITS ASSIGNED ...

ENGINE(S): ELK GROVE TOWNSHIP, ROSEMONT, ROLLING MEADOWS, BENSENVILLE

TRUCK(S): PARK RIDGE, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS

SQUAD(S): CHICAGO SQD7

EMS: PROSPECT HEIGHTS, GLENVIEW, MORTON GROVE

CHIEF(S): NORTH MAINE, ELK GROVE VILLAGE

SPECIAL: COM3

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