A fire broke out at the Fox Glen Professional Offices at 400 Fox Glen Court in Fox River Grove early Sunday morning and took firefighters nearly three hours to put out. | Photo: Nick Rusin
More than a dozen fire departments worked for several hours, despite bad weather, to put out a blaze that caused extensive damage to an office building in Fox River Grove.
The Barrington Countryside Fire Department was dispatched to Fox Glen Specialist Office, located at 400 Fox Glen Court in Fox River Grove, around 12:40 a.m. Sunday on a report of a structure fire.
The Fox River Grove Police Department was initially dispatched to the scene in response to an activated burglary alarm.
Fire officials said officers arrived on scene and found flames coming from the roof of the building.
A fire broke out at the Fox Glen Professional Offices at 400 Fox Glen Court in Fox River Grove early Sunday morning and took firefighters nearly three hours to put out. | Photo: Nick Rusin
When firefighters arrived on scene, they found a single-story, multi-store commercial building with flames and smoke coming from the ridge of the roof.
A 360-degree evaluation was conducted and a command post was established.
Fire officials said firefighters conducted an initial search and attempted interior and exterior firefighting efforts to contain the blaze.
The fire spread to the inside ridge of the roof structure. Excessive weather conditions hampered firefighting efforts.
A fire broke out at the Fox Glen Professional Offices at 400 Fox Glen Court in Fox River Grove early Sunday morning and took firefighters nearly three hours to put out. | Photo: Nick Rusin
The incident was eventually upgraded to a box alarm through the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) and additional fire units were dispatched to the scene.
Fire officials said the fire spread quickly through inaccessible spaces in the roof structure and became out of control.
Firefighters continued their combined firefighting efforts, consisting of multiple main fire streams from high elevation, internal firefighting, and external firefighting at ground level utilizing the open eaves of the building.
Drone technology was also used to assist with the overall firefighting plan. The blaze was declared under control at 3:25 a.m.
A fire broke out at the Fox Glen Professional Offices at 400 Fox Glen Court in Fox River Grove early Sunday morning and took firefighters nearly three hours to put out. | Photo: Nick Rusin
Firefighters were able to contain the fire to its source, but the building suffered severe water damage.
Fire officials said the roof of the building where the fire started also sustained significant damage. No injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation, but there were severe thunderstorms in the area before and during the fire.
The Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District was assisted by fire departments from Hoffman Estates, Wauconda, Long Grove, Buffalo Grove, Lake Zurich, Barrington, Cary, Fox River Grove, Palatine, Schaumburg, Streamwood, Huntley, Countryside, Hanover Township, Mount Prospect, Wheeling, Deerfield and Inverness.