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Crews battle brush fire near Washington Park, Illinois, for 5 hours

The French Village Fire Department led the firefighting effort.

WASHINGTON PARK, Ill. — Crews stopped a brush fire that started near Washington Park, Illinois, Monday afternoon.

The French Village Fire Department was called to the scene at about 4:48 p.m. near Forest Boulevard and Brinson Drive.

The large brush fire was burning in a heavily wooded area near that intersection. Crews battled the blaze for five hours.

The cause of the fire was not immediately known.

Around 4:48 this afternoon French Village Fire was dispatched to a reported brush fire near the intersection of Forest...

Posted by French Village Fire Department on Monday, March 4, 2024

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