Three-story house in Lakemoor remains uninhabitable following Friday blaze

Superior humidity, the size of the house, and not getting close by hearth hydrants hampered firefighters as they attacked a hearth Friday in Lakemoor, a McHenry Township Fireplace Safety District battalion main mentioned.

The household was left uninhabitable, but a injury estimate was not obtainable, in accordance to officers.

Firefighters have been known as at 1:25 p.m. Friday to the 2000 block of Cuhlman Road for a construction fireplace. On arrival, about 5 minutes afterwards, unexpected emergency responders found a large, a few-tale dwelling with fireplace coming from the attached garage and traveling up the wooden-shaker roof to the interior 3rd floor. Firefighters began functioning to douse the blaze and research the 10,000-sq.-foot residence, Battalion Main David Harwood stated.

All inhabitants had evacuated the dwelling, and mutual assist was named to provide in many other hearth departments. “The hearth was complicated to extinguish thanks to a number of aspects, like the size of the residence, the warmth and humidity, and that there were being no hearth hydrants,” Harwood mentioned in a information launch.

The hearth was beneath management by 3:04 p.m. and totally out by 3:42 p.m., Harwood stated, adding hearth investigators cleared the scene at 5:28 p.m.

Assistance was provided by Crystal Lake, Cary, Lake Villa, Round Lake, Spring Grove, Fox Lake, Woodstock, Marvel Lake, Richmond, Wauconda, Nunda, Huntley, Marengo, Fox River Grove, Hebron, Grayslake, Harvard, Twin Lakes, Mundelein, Lake Zurich, Union, Beach front Park, South Elgin, East Dundee, Carpentersville, West Dundee and Randal, Wisconsin, hearth departments and hearth defense districts. Other departments either aided on scene or covered other calls in the McHenry Township Fireplace District even though the fire was extinguished.

A single firefighter was evaluated for heat exhaustion but was not transported to the clinic, Harwood stated, incorporating no other injuries have been claimed.

The fire’s induce continues to be beneath investigation.