Natural gas odor in stairwell at apartment building

Heard on: Lake IL Fire Dispatch Group Calls

01:40

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District 401B 160 BHR, Engine 412 , Ambulance 412 , and Battalion 41 , natural gas leak inside, at (number withheld) Museum Boulevard, Unit (number withheld) , Vernon Hills, The Majestic Luxury Apartments 5175 B H, near Saddlebrook Lane and North Milwaukee Avenue.

00:23

Time out 2125 .

00:33

District 401B 130 BHR, ambulance 414 , fall, at (number withheld) west Phillips Road, unit (number withheld) , Vernon Hills, Victory Center Supportive Living V H, near Atrium Drive and dead end, time out 2126 .

00:57

Lake County Battalion 41 en route to museum.

01:01

Battalion 41, you're up.

01:06

Battalion 41, they said the smell is coming from the stairwell on the west side of the building.

01:14

10-4.

01:20

Like I'm down 41.

01:22

10-41, go ahead.

01:25

On location, large seven-story apartment complex, nothing showing.

01:30

I'll be out investigating.

01:32

I'll be assuming command.

01:34

Unit switch red.

01:37

Large seven-story,

01:38

nothing showing, out investigating, command on red.

2026-09-13 19:25 UTC

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Museum Blvd, Vernon Hills, IL 60061

Natural gas odor in stairwell at apartment building

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a reported natural gas leak inside an apartment building on Museum Boulevard in Vernon Hills. The smell was reported from a west-side stairwell, and a battalion chief arrived to investigate and take command. Nothing visible was found at the scene.

Natural gas odor in stairwell at apartment building

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