This from Eric Haak:
At 1624 hrs on Friday, December 7th, fire broke out in an abandoned 50 x 125, 2-story ordinary, apartments over commercial structure at the corner of Drake and 16th Street in Chicago. Still companies included engines 38 and 109, trucks 48 and 32 along with the 14th battalion. Truck 26 was RIT with the 13th battalion. 6 minutes after first arrival, companies went defensive as Truck 48 reported a bad roof. At 1635 hrs the 14th called for the still and box followed by a 2-11 alarm 9 minutes later by 2-2-1. Squad 1’s snorkle operated from a vacant lot to the southeast of the fire building as tower ladder 54 took up operations in sector 1 on 16th Street. Tower Ladder 5 operated on Drake, directly to the west of the fire building.
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