CRASH INTO APARTMENT PUSHES PROPANE TANK INSIDE APARTMENT ON RIDGE SQUARE, ELK GROVE VILLAGE

WED JUL 09 2014 ~12:23 AM
ELK GROVE VILLAGE FIRE DEPARTMENT
CAR VS BUILDING/EXTRICATION/PROPANE PRECAUTION
918 RIDGE SQUARE ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL

POLICE EXTRICATED A VICTIM FROM THE VEHICLE AND CALLED FOR FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDICS TO EXPEDITE. A7 ORDERED ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT. OF THE SCENE. CRASH INTO AN APARTMENT BUILDING WITH SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. THE CRASH VEHICLE PUSHED A 32-LB PROPANE TANK INTO THE BUILDING.



Elk Grove Village, IL: Car slams into apartment building, injuring the driver and leading to an evacuation. pic.twitter.com/ITrBeiNnvw
— Captured News (@CapturedNews) July 9, 2014


SEVERAL RESIDENTS REPORTED SMOKE IN THEIR APARTMENT UNITS AND FIREFIGHTERS REPORTED SMOKE IN THE HALLWAY. THE SMOKE WAS POSSIBLY CAUSED BY BURNING RUBBER FROM SPINNING TIRES THAT CONTINUED AFTER THE CRASH.

ALL RESIDENTS EXCEPT FOR RESIDENTS LIVING IN THREE UNITS NEAR THE CRASH IMPACT WERE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THEIR APARTMENTS ABOUT 1:26 PM.

SECOND CRASH INTO A BUILDING IN LESS THAN ONE WEEK IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.

ENGINE(S): E8 E9

TRUCK(S): T7

CHIEF(S): BC2

EMS: A7

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