My wife and I are sitting on the patio in front of a friend’s home on the Fox River Independence Day night.
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It was after the area fireworks had died down.
Suddenly fire engine sirens started blaring.
They died down.
Then another set came near.
There may have even been a third set.
We knew the little fire in the pit at our feet wasn’t the reason, but hadn’t a clue where the nearby emergency was.
Now comes the information below from the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District. It turns out it was right down the river at Haegers Bend.
Abandoned Trailer Fire
On July 4, 2011 at 10:31 p.m. the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection was dispatched for a reported garage fire at 9716 Arthur Road in Algonquin.
Dispatch was notified by a neighbor who noticed the flames.
The garage where the fire was reported was detached from the house.
First arriving crews were on the scene at 10:40 p.m. and found a pile of construction materials that were smoldering.
Neighbors had extinguished most of the fire with garden hoses.
Fire crews operated hose lines to put a foam and water mixture on the materials to make sure that the fire was doused.
The fire was quickly extinguished and crews remained on the scene until 11:06 p.m. making sure the fire was completely out.
Investigators on the scene determined the cause of the fire to be from lighting fireworks off from the materials. A damage amount is not yet available.
No civilian or fire department injuries were reported
The Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District received assistance from Carpentersville and Fox River Grove.
The Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District would like to take this opportunity to remind people that they should leave the fireworks displays to the professionals.