Commercial fire alarm at Lake Forest grocery store

Heard on: Lake IL Fire Dispatch Group Calls

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Commercial fire alarm, grid twelve, at (number withheld) northwestern avenue.

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At (number withheld) northwestern avenue, grid twelve, a commercial fire alarm.

00:10

Ambulance 421 , engine 421 , and battalion 42 .

00:20

Dispatch, Battalion 42 is en route (number withheld) Northwestern.

00:23

Fire alarm.

00:27

Message received.

00:33

Lake Forest Engine 21 en route.

00:40

Message received.

00:46

Dispatch, Battalion 42 is on location.

00:49

I got a large grocery store, nothing showing from three sides.

00:53

Battalion 42 will be out for investigation.

00:55

I got workers approaching me on location.

00:58

I will be Western Avenue command.

01:05

Message received.

01:11

Lake Forest Engine, Engine 21 on scene, switching to red.

01:21

Message received, switching to red.

6/25/2026 09:29 PM

Fire & Arson

N Western Ave, Lake Forest, IL 60045

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire units responded to a commercial fire alarm at a large grocery store on Northwestern Avenue in Lake Forest. Crews reported nothing visible from most sides and began an on-scene investigation, with command established under the Western Avenue designation.