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3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 3-2-24 (more)

More on the 3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 3-2-24

Here are some pictures from the 3-11 with a video


 

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3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 3-2-24

This from Steve Redick:

3-11 Alarm 2500 Fulton – This was a very large building used as some kind of metal recycle/refinishing operation. Haz mat response was utilized along with three towers , a Snorkel, and an in-line operation

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Chicago Fire Department news

Excerpts from cbsnews.com:

Eight people were rushed to area hospitals – including a baby who was in critical condition – from a high-rise fire in the South Shore neighborhood.

Firefighters were called just before 4 p.m. for the fire in a 1920s-era high-rise at 7144 S. Jeffery Blvd. The fire started in a kitchen in a unit on the second floor of the 14-story building.

The fire was upgraded to a 2-11 alarm and an Emergency Medical Services Plan 2 for extra equipment and manpower. A 2-11 alarm sends 40 pieces of equipment and about 155 firefighters, while an EMS Plan 2 sends 10 to 12 ambulances.

Firefighters performed ladder rescues as people hung out of windows.

On the 12th through the 14th floors, rescues had to be conducted inside. The building’s elevators were out, so firefighters had to use the stairs to rescue people.

Some people on those floors had been about to jump. One person did jump from the fourth floor but could walk afterward.

Most of the fire was on the second floor, but the fire did get into the stairwell, and there was a great deal of heat and smoke from the second floor up to the fifth floor. 

The Office of Fire Investigation determined the fire was caused by unattended cooking in a second-floor unit.

As the fire burned on the second floor, people were seen screaming for help as they found themselves trapped several floors up and hung out of the windows. The desperation on their faces was palpable as smoke poured out of the building.

Images from the scene show a firefighter cradling a child. The kid was scared but safe – and everyone was thankful.

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Excerpts from cbsnewschicago.com:

A Chicago firefighter is hospitalized after battling a fire at a two-story home near 107th Street and South Indiana Avenue in the Roseland neighborhood Saturday afternoon. 

When firefighters arrived, flames were venting through the roof. Firefighters then began breaking windows on the second floor to provide ventilation. Then there was heavy smoke pouring from the second floor before the roof collapsed. 

The firefighter who was injured was taken to the hospital in good condition and is expected to be OK.  It is unclear how that firefighter was injured and if it was a result of the roof collapse. 

The cause of the fire is under investigation. 

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Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:

Five firefighters are among six people seriously injured after a Saturday afternoon crash on the city’s South Side. A witness described seeing seeing several fire trucks with their sirens blaring when another driver, instead of stopping, tried to get through the intersection at 47th and State streets in Bronzeville. The metal between a Chicago fire truck and white Chevy Impala was left mangled together seemingly by sheer force. The front of the car caved in following a crash that sent its driver and five firefighters to the hospital.

Police confirmed that the fire truck had its emergency equipment activated while traveling east on 47th Street when the car, going south on State Street, crashed into it. The car’s 30-year-old driver was also taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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Chicago Fire and Police Department news

Excerpts from fox32chicago.com:

The mandatory retirement age for police and firefighters in Chicago may undergo a change as the Chicago City Council’s Committee on Police and Fire convened on Monday to discuss the possibility of raising the retirement age to 65.

Currently, the mandatory retirement age for these personnel is 63. While some opponents argue for lowering it to 60, proponents suggest that raising the age could help retain institutional knowledge and maintain staffing levels.

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Three people were injured after escaping an apartment fire in Old Town overnight. 

Just before midnight, flames were visible from the fourth floor of the building near Wells Street and North Avenue in Chicago. 

A man and woman were taken to Northwestern Hospital in fair condition for smoke inhalation. Another man was taken to the same hospital in good condition with a possible ankle injury. 

A fourth floor resident who escaped the fire said he heard something so loud, he thought it was a gunshot. 

An investigation is underway. 

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Excerpts from wgntv.com:

Some of the top authorities on firefighting and emergency care in the U.S. appeared in Chicago on Tuesday.

With more than 150 people already killed in fires in the U.S. this year — a rate on track to top 2023 fire deaths in the country — fire prevention safety measures were a big focus in a wide-ranging press conference at a firehouse in North Lawndale on the city’s Southwest Side  because it’s one of the busiest in the city.

Chicago Fire Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt joined Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials and U.S. Fire Administrator Dr. Lori Moore-Merrrell on the Chicago leg of a three-city tour to promote FEMA’s #WinterReady Campaign.

Tuesday’s campaign stop was held at the firehouse .

They also called for better building standards and enforcement of existing fired codes, citing stats on deadly fires nationwide like the following:

  • 1.2 million structure fires were reported in 2023.
  • 2,300 people were killed in fires in 2023.
  • So far in 2024, 162 people have died in fires, 25 of them children under age 5.
  • So far this year, Chicago has only had one fire-related death. But last year that number was 30, the highest total in recent history.

Just over the Indiana border earlier this week, five children died in a fire in South Bend. Officials say that fires today are burning faster than ever before, giving people less time to escape.

“This is partially because of the synthetic materials used in our furnishings and interior and interior finishes today,” explained Steve Kerber, vice president and executive director of the Fire Safety Research Institute. “It’s possible that a fire starting in a bedroom or a living room with a small flame can lead to a full room of fire in less than three minutes.

“And the heat and smoke generated by that fire are going to spread to the adjacent room and hallways of the room that’s on fire, making those rooms unsurvivable very quickly.”

The #WinterReady Campaign moves from Chicago to Columbus, Ohio, for its next stop. Additionally, FEMA has a virtual #WinterReady Extreme Cold Summit scheduled for Friday at 12:30 p.m.

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New aerial for Chicago FD

From the Fire Service, Inc. Facebook page:

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3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 1-14-23 (more)

This from Eric Haak:

Here are a few more images from Chicago’s 3-11 in the 24th Battalion on Sunday. Bitter cold temperatures and limited access for companies to work.

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