Mobile Home Fire Near O'Hare Airport

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SAT APR 07 2007 -- One mobile home a total loss and extension to a second trailer home near O'Hare International Airport. Elk Grove Township Fire Protection District calls for a Second Alarm Box at 400 West Touhy Avenue in Des Plaines, IL. Firefighter operations shown in this video.

Also, a group of residents nearby helped firefighters by moving two vehicles away from the front curb of the fire scene.

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Four wheel jack devices, such as a GoJak Wheel Dolly or Vehicle Lift were used by placing the jacks underneath the tires of the vehicles and using a built-in foot ratchet to lift the cars enough to move them safely while their transmissions remained in park. You can see the second vehicle (a Ford Explorer) getting ratcheted up (1:03/3:10 or 2:07 remaining) and then pushed away (1:14/3:10 or 1:56 remaining). The fire scene was too tight with fire engines and hoses to allow a tow truck to come in and move the cars.

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[trailertrash611]

were they pushing that car out of the way by sliding it down the road?

[Arlingtoncards]

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[joeyjake100]

is this in oasis? or willoway?

[thelarkin101]

@amstell13 well this aint chicago now is it!?

[amstell13]

How many firemen do they need? Chicago could have handled this with ease.

[highrollaplaya]

i remember this is when i used to live there it was a mexican lady that put a tamale in the microwave with alluminum foil and like 6 other moblie homes where affected tht was like wht 4 5 years ago its by the buger king and

[blyons3024]

i love how in the academy they preach how important your technique is in everything from carrying ladders to proper pike pole handling. yet everytime you see a video on here you can just count how many times you see something so against what your taught.

[navycomand]

someone pute tin foil in the microwave, they had to hold the kids im school till like 6:00 cuz of it, but i dont live in a trailor so i was ok

[cmarlow480]

what was the cause?

and wow you can see plum though the trailer it burnt the sideing and all off wow.