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Fire in Chicago 2-flat 8-10-13

This from Eric Haak:

I took in this fire about 1330 hrs Saturday afternoon in Chicago’s 23rd Battalion.  Fire was on the second floor of a vacant 25×40 2-flat in the 7200 block of South Constance.  Companies working were Engine 126 & Truck 49, Engine 72 & Tower Ladder 34, with Truck 16 and Battalion 17 being RIT.  It was hard to get any quality rig shots at this one due to the narrow streets and heavy tree cover.  The fire was knocked fairly quick but companies had quite a bit of overhaul on this one and were on scene for a little over an hour.  Engine 126 was using old Engine 56 as a spare rig.

 

Eric Haak photo

Eric Haak photo

Eric Haak photo

Eric Haak photo

Eric Haak photo

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This entry was posted on August 11, 2013, 8:16 AM and is filed under Apparatus on-scene, Fire, Firefighters working. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

2 Comments

• #1 by Eric Haak on August 11, 2013 - 8:17 PM

  

  Thank you much JB. Even though it was not a clear image, I included the 2nd photo because they were using the ladder to ventilate the front windows. Forgot to include that in the description.

• #2 by JB on August 11, 2013 - 5:59 PM

  

  Great shots, Eric. You definitely know how to “capture the moment” and the “mood” on scene.

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