AT APPROXIMATELY 3:15 PM, BARRINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS DISPATCHED TO 21193 NORTH TAYLOR LANE FOR A BRUSH FIRE. CALLER REPORTED IT STARTED FROM A PILE OF LEAVES AND EXTENDED TO A WOODED AREA. ENGINE 361 GOT ON-SCENE AND REQUESTED BRUSH 361 TO ASSIST, QUINT 362 MAY HAVE ALSO BEEN CALLED TO THE SCENE TO HELP. THE FIRE WAS THEN PUT OUT AND UNITS CLEARED THE SCENE.
LAKE FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE WERE WORKING A ACCIDENT WITH INJURIES AT APPROXIMATELY 3:35 PM, AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF EAST WESTLEIGH RD & SOUTH WESTERN AVE. POLICE WERE FIRST ON-SCENE AND REPORTED AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, AT LEAST 3 PATIENTS TO BE EVALUATED BY EMS. FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND HAD 2 CARS, MINOR DAMAGE, BATTALION CHIEF 42 REQUESTED A SECOND AMBULANCE AND A CHANGE OF QUARTERS AMBULANCE AS WELL AS A CREW 1 CALL BACK. UNKNOWN HOW MANY PATIENTS WERE TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL. UNITS THEN CLEARED THE SCENE. UNITS THAT WERE ON THE SCENE WERE: AMBULANCE 421, BATTALION 42, ENGINE 422, AMBULANCE 423, & POLICE.
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