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    Watch: Crews Battle Stubborn Mt. Prospect, IL, Apartment Fire

    June 18, 2024
    A third alarm was called as firefighters battled the fire in a Mount Prospect apartment building with a mansard roof.

    A three-alarm fire ripped through a Mount Prospect apartment building Monday night. 

    The fire, in the 1800 block of West Palm Drive, was reported just after 6:30 p.m. 

    Fire broke through the roof and the fire burned for several hours, the Arlington Cardinal reported.

    The affected building was a three-story structure, according to the Daily Herald, and it had a mansard roof.

     

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    Steve Redick

    Steve Redick worked as a Chicago Fire Department dispatcher for 35 years. Since the late 1970s, Redick has been a fire photographer, capturing the work done by firefighters in Chicago and surrounding communities. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Chicago Fire Museum, and he is a self-published author and owner of the historical FD website: ksc711.smugmug.com.

     

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