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2-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 11-23-23

This from Eric Haak:

Just before sunrise on Thanksgiving morning, a fire broke out in the former Wing Hoe restaurant located in Chicago’s 9th Battalion. The structure was built as a private residence in 1913 and had been the Wing Hoe since 1971. It was currently vacant and scheduled for demolition. Companies had been drilling in the structure as recently as the day before. The building was a 2.5-story brick with a basement where the fire appeared to originate. Engine Company 83 made a valiant effort to get a line on it before it advanced, but with holes in the floor and being heavily charged with smoke, the decision was made to transition to a defensive attack.

I arrived as the box was being pulled and found very heavy smoke emanating from the entire structure. Engine Company 59 made entry from a safe POV through a rear door that accessed the basement and made some headway there but the fire extension was already advanced. A Snorkel, tower ladder, two RAMs, and several hand lines were used to bring this job under control.

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2-11 Alarm high-rise fire in Chicago, 8-18-23 (more)

More from Larry Shapiro on the 2-11 Alarm high-rise fire in Chicago, 8-18-23:

Some apparatus shots from the scene

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Chicago FD Tower Ladder 21

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Chicago FD Engine 55

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Chicago FD Ambulance 6

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3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 4-23-22 (more)

More on the 3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 4-23-22  from Eric Haak

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3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 3-22-22 (more)

More photos of the 3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 3-22-22

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3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 3-22-22 (more)

More photos from the 3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 3-22-22

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Still and Box Alarm fire in Chicago, 1-10-22

From Chi-Town Fire Photos:

I attended a Still & Box overnight at 2020 W Webster in the Bucktown neighborhood. Companies originally reported fire in the rear of this 1.5 story residence, and were interior making a good push. However, the cold wind soon took hold of the attic space and heavy fire conditions evolved. All companies were pulled out, Tower 21 was moved to Side A, and knocked the fire with their aerial master stream. Companies went back in to mop up. There is a full gallery viewable here:
night fire scene in Chicago

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night fire scene in Chicago

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night fire scene in Chicago

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night fire scene in Chicago

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Firefighters putting on SCBA at scene

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From CFDMike:

Engine 35 was first due to a fire at W Webster ave and N Seeley Ave.  43 was 2nd in. it went to a still and box.  Engine 43 was supplying tower 21 and a ground monitor 

Chicago house fire scene

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Chicago house fire scene

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fire engine pump panel at fire

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Still and Box Alarm fire in Chicago, 10-8-20

From Steve Redick:

3407 W. Belmont Avenue

Chicago Firefighters and fire trucks on scene

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New decal for Chicago Tower Ladder 21

This from FirehouseDecalscom:

new Tower Ladder 21 company logo

Chicago FD Tower 21 company logo

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5-11 Alarm fire and Haz Mat Level 1 in Chicago, 4-2-19 (more)

This from Chi-Town Fire Photos:

We took in the extra alarm fire early this week on the westside of Chicago. It was a food manufacturing warehouse and the first-in companies encountered heavy fire on their arrival. A lot of in-line pumping operations took place at this job which required many resources, which at the peak of the fire, made it to a 5-11 and 4 Specials. Twenty two engines, ten trucks including four tower ladders, Squad 2, plus a plethora of special equipment responded to this. We got to this about an hour into the fire. 
Chicago FD Squad 2A at a fire

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Chicago FD Tower Ladder 21 at a fire

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5-11 Alarm fire and Haz Mat Level 1 in Chicago, 4-2-19 (more)

This from Larry Shapiro:

I arrived at the 5-11 Alarm fire almost two hours into it. The warehouse buildings had already collapsed and though there was still quite a bit of smoke, the bulk of the fire had been knocked down already. Nevertheless, here is what it looked like from that point on.

Chicago FD Squad 2A Rosenbauer Commander ACP-55

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Chicago FD Engine 44

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massive flames from building fire

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Chicago FD Engine 35

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flooded street at scene of massive fire

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