Ill. Fire Training Building Burns to Ground

    Sept. 5, 2014
    Tankers hauled in water to the site deep in a forest.

    A training building -- where Illinois firefighters practiced their skills -- was destroyed by a massive blaze hours after they left.

     Firefighters from a number of departments had spent Thursday morning setting fires and extinguishing them in the 6,000-square-foot building, Libertyville Chief Rich Carani told NBC reporters.

    The drill was over, and the building had been unoccupied for a time before crews realized it was really on fire.

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    The structure is located in a forest preserve, forcing firefighters to haul in water by tankers. 

    The building was slated to be demolished in a controlled burn following another massive drill on Saturday. 

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