A few more images from Gordon Nord of the Chicago 2-11 Alarm and Level I Haz Mat, 7-25-16 (more)
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Images from Gordon J. Nord, Jr. of the Chicago 2-11 Alarm and Level I Haz Mat, 7-25-16 on the Stevenson Expressway near Cicero Avenue.
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
This from Eric Haak:
Here are some images from Chicago’s 2-11 Alarm on the southbound Stevenson Expressway east of Cicero Avenue. The incident was apparently the result of a car rear-ending a semi carrying paint just before 11 o’clock Monday morning (7/25). The best I could do was show the extensive in-line operation up the exit ramp to the crash site. Engines pumping in order from the farthest hydrant were 99-32-38-15-127. 652 responded from Midway Airport but I was only able to get a picture of them as they flew up the off-ramp.
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Firefighters found a body in the burning wreckage of a crash on the Stevenson Expressway Monday morning that involved at least two semis, a van, and two cars, according to state police.
The accident happened around 10:55 a.m. on the outbound lanes of the expressway between Pulaski Road and Cicero Avenue.
The body was found hours later in the van after the extra-alarm fire had been extinguished.
One person was taken to a hospital and was reported stable, according to state police, who said the injuries were not considered life-threatening. Three other people declined medical attention, Langford said.
Langford said it appeared the accident was a chain reaction, but it was not clear which vehicle crashed first. Fire crews used foam to put out the fire, which was spread about 120 feet across the interstate.
One semi was hauling more than 17,800 pounds of paint, which fueled the fire, and the other was carrying about 40,000 pounds of frozen meat.
This from Larry Shapiro:
The Countryside FPD was alerted to a full-involved house fire in the area of Midlotian and Kruckenberg Roads in Hawthorn Woods after 11PM on Saturday(11-8-14). Once the address was confirmed, the vacant house was situated in the Lake Zurich Fire Protection District, but Countyrside units were already arriving on the scene. The building was one of several structures on the property at 12124 Kruckenberg Road which is currently being cleared for a new residential development.
Access was delay ed by two Jersey barriers that were blocking the road and had to be moved. An in-line operation supplied water from one side of the incident with over a thousand feet of 5″ hose involving Long Grove Tanker 55, Countryside Tender 411, Lake Zurich Engine , and Countryside Engine 411. Another hydrant from a street behind the site was also used for a master stream from Countryside Tower 412 and a hand line.
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More photos are at shapirophotography.net
Our thanks to Deputy Chief William Q. Rice for compiling this summary and sharing it:
Here is a video and some images from Larry Shapiro from the 13-alarm fire in Burlington WI overnight.
Big Bend, WI engine drafting from Echo Lake. Larry Shapiro photo
Another view of the Big Bend, WI engine drafting from Echo Lake. Larry Shapiro photo
Wauconda engine pumping in-line. Larry Shapiro photo
Wheatland, WI quint working in Sector D. Larry Shapiro photo
Lake Geneva tower ladder working in Sector A. Larry Shapiro photo
Kansasville, WI engine drafting from a portable tank. Larry Shapiro photo
Lake Geneva tower ladder visible in the background being supplied by the Kansasville engine. Larry Shapiro photo
Kansasville and Burlington engines drafting in Sector A. Larry Shapiro photo
A tanker dumping at the D Sector water supply. Larry Shapiro photo
Several of the chemical storage tanks that were threatened. Larry Shapiro photo
Another tanker working in Sector D. Larry Shapiro photo
Lyons Township, WI tanker turning around to access the portable tanks. Larry Shapiro photo
Kansasville Assistant Chief working Sector D. Larry Shapiro photo
A Burlington engine pumping in-line to supply a master stream. Larry Shapiro photo
Town of Burlington engine drafting from the portable tanks along the southside of the fire. Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro has a gallery with images from the Echo Lake Foods fire
A large fire broke out just after 6PM last night at the Echo Lake Foods facility at 33102 South Honey Lake Road in Burlington, WI.
The fire building was one of a series of six buildings inter-connected at the facility that processes the following according to the company website:
We are passionate in our commitment to producing the best quality egg products and breakfast-style entrees.
• PRECOOKED EGG ENTREES
• FRENCH TOAST & PANCAKES
• CREPES AND BLINTZES
• PRECOOKED SCRAMBLED AND DICED EGGS
• FROZEN LIQUID EGGS
• WAFFLES
• MINI PANCAKES
As such, the facility has large amount of ammonia and liquid oxygen. As of 5AM Friday, (11 hours into the incident), NBC TMJ4 reported the following:
BURLINGTON – An eight-alarm fire has gone into its 13th hour of burning out of control Thursday morning at the Echo Lake Foods processing plant in Burlington.
“There still is active fire. It is not contained at this point,” said Fire Chief Richard Lodle during a 5 a.m. news conference Thursday which aired live on TODAY’S TMJ4.
More than 80 fire departments and 200 firefighters have given their assistance to the Burlington Fire Department.
The Burlington Police Department evacuated 10 homes and an apartment building, assisting about 50 people.
The fire broke out just after 6 p.m. Wednesday, and is at 33102 N. Honey Lake Road in Burlington, the site of Echo Lake Foods.
“The fire department discovered a significant fire upon arrival,” said Miller.
“The plant was successfully evacuated. There were no injuries to employees or, so far, to any firefighters.”
Hazardous materials teams came on scene because of ammonia and liquid oxygen tanks.
Meanwhile, Burlington’s fire chief is rotating in hundreds of firefighters from around southeastern Wisconsin, as far away as Milwaukee County.
“That’s why the large number of departments that we have called in, the large number of personnel that we’ve had…We’re not rotating out and rotating back in. When you rotate out, you go home.”
He also said they have not have much opportunity to enter the building and fight the fire from inside.
“The majority has been on a defensive mode. At this point, we’re attempting to do an interior attack, if we can get crews in.”
The company, founded in 1941, produces eggs and egg products, as well as other breakfast products. The factory has a long history in the Burlington area.
“This will affect the city greatly. We will attempt to help them rebuild and re-open the plant as soon as possible,” said Miller during the news conference.
“One of the largest employers…it’s going to be a loss of 300 jobs for a while.”
The complete article with photos is HERE.
The fire went to a 5th Alarm (as high as MABAS Alarms are rated) and then 8 separate inter-divisional alarms were requested with strike teams or task forces requested from other MABAS Divisions in Wisconsin and Illinois. (some of the MABAS Divisions that responded include 101, 102, 106, 4, 5)
Tim Olk and Larry Shapiro went to the incident roughly four hours after the initial alarm and have a video and images from the scene that will be posted later. The size of the scene, the bitter cold weather, and the hazardous smoke restricted their access to two of the four sectors.
The incident is located in an area that required tankers to shuttle water to portable tanks, where engines drafted to feed the multiple master streams. Some of the streams had to shutdown fairly often as the three or four portable tanks that were inter-connected would be depleted before they could be refilled. There were at least three such water supply sectors being managed at the fire scene. Eventually, a drafting operation was setup from Echo Lake along Milwaukee Avenue. Two engines and a quint worked to complete this task for engines supplying a master stream in Sector D.
The Chicago Tribune has an article HERE.
ABC news has an article HERE.
MyRacineCounty.com has an article.
Fox6now.com has an article with video.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel online has an article with a great overhead image from this morning.
