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"The fire department in suburban Mount Prospect was recently hit with a case of "baby fever."

According to a post on the department's Facebook page, its firefighters welcomed an impressive 16 babies into the world in 2019 - the most babies ever born to department members in one year.

Our family keeps growing! We had 16 babies born into our department in 2019! The most in one year! Plus two new grandpas. Here are our bundles of joys from 1 year to a month old (2 not pictured). Congratulations dads & grandpas!"

Published on February 7, 2020 at 2:42 pm, copyright NBC 5 Chicago