Article updated: 7/10/2012 2:36 PM

Buffalo Grove residents thankful for response to brush fire

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ComEd crews replace utility poles damaged in the Buffalo Grove brush fire.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Charred utility poles lie in the burned out field the day after the Buffalo Grove brush fire, as ComEd workers sort out the damage.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Scorched earth the day after the Buffalo Grove brush fire.

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Buffalo Grove Fire Chief Terry Vavra compliments his department on how they responded to the Buffalo Grove brush fire.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

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A ComEd crew surveys the damage to the field the day after the Buffalo Grove brush fire.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

From her backyard, Susan Zerin points to the field where the Buffalo Grove brush fire blazed Sunday.

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Susan Zerin discusses the fire in the field behind her house.

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Susan Zerin talks with a Buffalo Grove police officer who was on the scene Sunday for the Buffalo Grove brush fire.

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Susan Zerin surveys the damage to a field behind her house from the Buffalo Grove brush fire.

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The fire took down utility poles in Buffalo Grove.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

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Buffalo Grove residents are looking over the charred landscape behind their homes Monday and feeling grateful, despite the raging wildfire on Sunday that got within 15 feet of their homes and destroyed the verdant prairie that borders their backyards. "It's OK, no one got hurt, no property got damaged," homeowner Susan Zerin said. "It's bad for the community, but it could have been so much worse."