Hank Sajovic took in a fire yesterday in Chicago and provided several images and the following description:

On December 13, 2011 companies in the 14th Battalion responded to a still alarm for a fire at 4018 W. Cermak Rd.  Engine 38 arrived to find a fire in a 2-story brick apartment building measuring 25 x 60.  Truck 32, the second due truck, arrived and went to their assignment in the rear where they found the back of the structure heavily involved.  The captain notified the 14th battalion and with that report he requested a Box alarm.  Three lines were used to control the fire. The building was reportedly vacant and the fire was suspicious. The Office of Fire Investigations was requested to the scene.
Chicago Still & Box Alarm fire 12-13-11 on Cermak

Firefighters pull a line off of Engine 109. Hank Sajovic photo

Chicago Still & Box Alarm fire 12-13-11 on Cermak

Truck 48 ladders the front of the building. Hank Sajovic photo

Chicago Still & Box Alarm fire 12-13-11 on Cermak

Heavy fire showing in the rear of the building. Hank Sajovic photo

Chicago Still & Box Alarm fire 12-13-11 on Cermak

Squad 2 was using this spare apparatus. Hank Sajovic photo

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