Natural gas odor in Vernon Hills apartment stairwell

Heard on: Lake County Fire

01:46

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District 41 B160 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,

00:21

near Saddlebrook Lane and North Milwaukee Avenue, time out 2125.

00:32

District 41 B130 BHR, ambulance 414, fall, at (number withheld) West Oak Road, unit (number withheld),

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Vernon Hills, Victory Center Supportive Living VH, near Atrium Drive and dead end, time out 2126.

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Lake County Battalion 41 en route to museum.

00:55

Battalion 41, they said

01:02

the smell is coming from a stairwell on the west side of the building.

01:09

10-4.

01:15

Take out ambulance 224 is back in quarters.

01:19

Ambulance 224 back in quarters.

01:26

Like I'm town 41.

01:28

Sorry, 41.

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On location, large seven-story apartment complex, and I'm the (name withheld).

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I'll be out investigating.

01:38

We'll be museum command.

01:41

Unit switch red.

01:43

Large seven-story.

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Nothing showing, I'm investigating.

01:46

Command on red.

2026-09-13 19:23 UTC

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Museum Blvd, Vernon Hills, IL 60061

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a reported natural gas odor inside an apartment at a large complex on Museum Boulevard in Vernon Hills. The smell was later reported to be coming from a stairwell on the west side of the building. A separate fall was also reported at a supportive living facility on West Oak Road in Vernon Hills.

Natural gas odor in Vernon Hills apartment stairwell

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