Commercial fire today at 2441 W. 21st Street came in after 1PM. First units found a three-story, brick, commercial factory/warehouse well involved. The alarms quickly escalated to a 4-11 with an EMS Plan I and a Haz Mat Level I. The building was bounded on the west by railroad tracks and on the north by the elevated CTA tracks which were shut down for several hours. The EMS Plan was secured quickly and the 4-11 wasn’t struck out until roughly 4PM. Some companies remained on the scene throughout the night.
Two Snorkels (Squad 1 and the reserve Snorkel) were working along with four tower ladders (5, 10, 39 & 54).
We have a large amount of coverage from multiple contributors which will be posted in several posts tonight and tomorrow.
This from Josh Boyajian:
Even though I’m not at the scene, thought I would share these pics from Laramie and Ogden in Cicero of the header!
This from Erick Haak:
Not much of a description needed other than the last photo is just as the wall collapsed. Photos credited to Eric Haak.
Hi my name is Dylan Konchan i got pics from the 4-11 alarm at 2441 W 21st there will be more to come by me
Hey everyone,I just took the ride into the City to check out the 4-11 with Level 1 Haz-Mat and EMS Plan 1 at 2444 W 21st Street. The header was huge, I saw it all the way in Berwyn on Ogden Avenue. When I got in the neighborhood of the fire, the Chicago Police had set a four block perimeter all around the fire building preventing any closeups of the scene. Staging is at 22nd and Western I believe. Traffic was really bad as one could have guessed. Here are some shots of the header and Engine 113 which was screaming down 22nd Street. Keep up the good work on the site guys!From,Drew Gresik
Chicago 2444 w 21st St today…Mill Constructed furniture warehouse…a quick photo and a link to my video with radio traffic. Lot’s more to come…stay tuned…..
This from Dave Weaver:
Anatomy of the 4-11: 13:08 E23 looking for rubbish 2500 W. Cullerton St. / Full Still b/o Main FAO for 2444 W. 21st St. » 13:13 Still & Box Alarm b/o Batt 4 for 3 story 200×100 smoke on 2nd fl and heavy smoke from several 1st fl windows » 13:20 2-11 Alarm b/o 2-2-1 reports heavy fire throughout 3 story warehouse 200×150 » Companies go defensive » Batt 2 requests CTA Pink Line be shut down » 13:31 2-2-1 requests additional TL and reserve snorkel » Corrected size-up by 2-2-1 is at least 300×150 » 13:38 3-11 Alarm b/o 2-1-28 plus 2 additional TLs » 13:45 4-11 Alarm / EMS Plan 1 / Level 1 HazMat b/o 2-1-28 » 13:58 2-7-1/Batt 4 4 master streams on West side of building making little progress » 14:00 EMS Plan 1 secured b/o 2-1-28 » 14:04 2-1-3 in command / All officers switch to Ch 5 Command » 14:30 2-7-1/2-1-3 11 master streams working, gas company digging in Sector 1 to shut off main, 1 line to sprinkler system in Sector 4
Radio traffic:
#1 by Hank Howard on January 1, 2013 - 9:38 PM
Response to 4-11 dont have change of quarters
Saturday – 12-29 – 13:05
CHICAGO IL: 4-11 Alarm Fire, EMS Plan I and Level I Haz-Mat at 2444 W 21st Street. 3 story warehouse 300×150 fully involved. 2 snorkels, 4 tower ladders, 5 multi-versals, 4 lines on the fire. Box time 13:13, 2-11 time 13:20 by 2-2-1, 3-11 time 13:39 by 2-1-28, 4-11 time 13:45 by 2-1-28, struck out at 15:47. Plan I time 13:45, secured at 14:00. Level I time 13:45, secured at 15:47. Box Companies: Engines 23, 109, 107. 35 Trucks 32, 8 Tower 5 Batts 4, 2, 15 Squad 1 Ambulance 33 2-2-1 2-7-1 4-5-4 RIT: Truck 7 Batt 14 Ambulance 34 4-5-1 2-11 Companies: Engines 39, 18, 107, 8 Trucks 52, 48, 28 Towers 54 Batts 13, 1, 12 2-1-28 2-1-30 2-1-3 4-1-1 5-1-5 6-4-3 6-6-1 3-11 Companies: Engines 99, 18, 29, 65 Towers 10,39 2-1-6 4-1-7 6-4-4 4-11 Companies: Engines 5, 57, 103, 26 Ambulances 19, 28, 41, 15, 10, 85 4-4-11 5-1-1 OFI: 4-6-2 4-6-4
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#2 by David on December 30, 2012 - 7:52 AM
Incredible photos! Really huge fire after a long time, I’m just wondering that the old Mack MB deluge wagon would be quite handy at this one. Thanks for uploading the pics!
#3 by Chuck on December 30, 2012 - 12:40 AM
Nice shots, everybody. Haven’t seen that much pure fire in a structure in a long, long time. If anybody has the rundowns of the extra alarms and /or the Changes of Quarters and could post it for information sake, it would be appreciated.