This from Eric Haak:
The following images are from a still & box alarm fire in Chicago on Sunday, 12/3/23. The fire was in the old Swift mansion at 45th and Michigan. It started in a rear stairwell and was possibly of incendiary origins. The investigation has been turned over to CPD bomb and arson.
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Change over day for Engine 108
Excerpts from nbcchicago.com:
One resident was in critical condition and others may be unaccounted for after a fire tore through a home in Chicago’s Lawndale neighborhood overnight.
The fire broke out at around 1 a.m. at a home at 1200 S. Kedvale, with officials describing the building as unstable. Three people were hospitalized.
According to the CFD, two of those injured were Chicago Police officers, who were helping to rescue occupants when the front porch of the building collapsed. Those officers were transported to a hospital in serious but stable condition. According to the Chicago Police Department, the officers suffered non-life threatening injuries. At least one office has been released.
The woman, 75, who was also transported to a nearby hospital, was last listed in critical condition.
By early Wednesday morning, the fire had been struck out. However, firefighters were still searching for possible victims, as not all occupants of the home were believed to be accounted for.
From Steve Redick:
Still & Box 4500 Michigan – This was apparently a rekindle from an earlier still & box at the historic Swift mansion, now some kind of halfway house
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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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Images from the 3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 11-21-23 from Chi-Town Fire Photos
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This from Steve Redick
Still & Box 4512 N Central
Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:
Chicago firefighters battled a massive extra-alarm fire in a Logan Square warehouse Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
The fire broke out just before midnight in the 2700-block of North Pulaski Road, near the back of the warehouse.
The response was raised to a 3-11 alarm with a hazardous materials response.
From Steve Redick
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Excerpts from nbcchicago.com:
Fallen Chicago Firefighter Andrew “Drew” Price, 39, who died while battling a fire at a Lincoln Park building Nov. 13, was laid to rest on Monday. He was a 14-year veteran of the department and the widely respected driver of Truck 44.
Navy Pier’s Aon Grand Ballroom was packed full of mourners who shared their sorrows and support for the family, friends and fellow firefighters. A husband, brother, son and uncle, Price was known for his infectious personality, always exuding positivity.
Flags will be flown at half-staff through sundown on Nov. 20 to honor Price, whose death marks the fourth line-of-duty death the Chicago Fire Department has seen this year. In August, Lt. Kevin Ward, 59, died after battling a blaze in Norwood Park. In April, two firefighters — Jermaine Pelt, 49, and Jan Tchoryk, 55, were killed battling two different blazes in the city.
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