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2-11 July 20 1971 4540 Thomas Tanker truck explosion
Feb 21
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More from Steve Redick:
2-11 July 20 1971 4540 Thomas Tanker truck explosion
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Feb 20
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From Steve Redick;
unknown fire on Chicago’s south side
Tags: Chicago Fire Department history, chicagoareafire.com, historic fire scene photos, vintage fire photos
Feb 19
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aftermath of the McCormick Place fire
Tags: 3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, aftermath, Chicago Fire Commissionner Robert J Quinn, Chicago Fire Department, Chicago Fire Department history, chicagoareafire.com, Chicagoareafire.com/blog, fire destroys Chicago's McCormick Place, historic fire photos, McCormick Place fire in Chicago 1967
Feb 18
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From Steve Redick:
McCormick Place, the 1960 exposition hall was destroyed in a spectacular fire on January 16, 1967, despite being thought fireproof by virtue of its steel and concrete construction.
Tags: 3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, Chicago Fire Commissionner Robert J Quinn, Chicago Fire Department, Chicago Fire Department history, chicagoareafire.com, Chicagoareafire.com/blog, fire destroys Chicago's McCormick Place, historic fire photos, McCormick Place fire in Chicago 1967
Dec 18
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This from Steve Redick:
5-11 Alarm fire at 1748 N Ashland Avenue in Chicago July 6, 1970
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From Steve Redick:
Tags: Chicago Fire Department history, chicagoareafire.com, Vintage news clipping about the Chicago Fire Department
This from Steve Redick:
An awesome color graphic from 1951 – Fireboats in action
Tags: Chicago fire boats in action, Chicago Fire Department history, chicagoareafire.com
Oct 20
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This from Larry Shapiro for #TBT
Came across this photo from a CFD 3-11 at 5730-36 N. Western Avenue, 7-18-80
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From Steve Redick:
EMS in 1953
Tags: Chicago Fire Department history, chicagoareafire.com, early days of EMS in the Chicago Fire Department, Vintage news clipping about the Chicago Fire Department
From Steve Redick
Tags: Chicago Fire Department history, chicagoareafire.com, vintage news article on Chicago FD from 1853
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