SEP 19 2012 ~3:52 PM
ELK GROVE VILLAGE FIRE DEPARTMENT
MULCH PILE FIRE
212 EAST DEVON AVENUE, ELK GROVE VILLAGE
FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDICS RECEIVED A REPORT OF A MULCH FIRE IN A 20-FOOT PILE OF MULCH WITH FLAMES ABOUT 6 FEET HIGH.
FIRST FIREFIGHTERS ON THE SCENE REPORTED SMOKE SHOWING. FIREFIGHTERS HAD AN BARN EXPOSED TO THE MUCH FIRE AND IMMEDIATELY SET UP A DECK GUN ON THE FIRE. HIGH-TENSION POWER LINES WERE ALSO EXPOSED DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. AT LEAST ONE TRAILER WAS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED IN THE FIRE.
ABOUT 400 FEET OF 5-INCH HOSE LINE WAS STRETCH OUT FOR THE FIRE. THE FIRE WAS REPORTED THE FIRE WAS UNDER CONTROL ABOUT 4:15 P.M.
COM ED ARRIVED ON THE SCENE ABOUT 4:20 P.M.
A NWS RED FLAG WARNING FOR HIGH FIRE RISK TO GRASS AND WILDLAND AREAS WAS IN EFFECT.