Posts Tagged warehouse fire in Chicago

3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 12-10-20

Dec 10

Posted by Admin in Fire Scene photos | 5 Comments

Chicago Firefighters are working a 3-11 Alarm fire at 4425 W. 16th Street

From Chicago FD Media:

3-11 Alarm and Level 1 Hazmat at 4425 W. 16th. Commercial building with no transports or injuries thus far. Companies are working (4-1-10).

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2-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 8-22-17 (more)

Aug 24

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos | 1 Comment

This from Steve Redick:

It was deja vu … the old Zenith industrial complex that has had several other fires including a still and box I took in a few months ago. Most of the fire appeared to be in the top floor and roof area and was really showing a lot of heavy smoke for a while. Little or no interior operations due to hazardous building conditions. Three towers, Snorkel, a few ladder pipes and a deck gun were used. It was right at sunset so the photos were all taken in rapidly changing lighting conditions. The video and all the images can be seen at my website here:

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Tags: 2-11 alarm fire in Chicago, Chicago FD Engine 117, Chicago FD Engine 125, Chicago FD Squad 2A, Chicago FD Tower Ladder 14, fire scene photos, former Zenith complex burns, Steve Redick, warehouse fire in Chicago

Chicago Still & Box Alarm fire, 6-26-14

Jun 27

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Tim Olk was at the Still & Box Alarm at 3325 W. Montrose Avenue last night (6-26-14)

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Chicago Still & Box Alarm fire, 2-14-14 (more)

Feb 15

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire, Fire Scene photos | 6 Comments

This from Dan Shevlin:

The Fire Alarm Office received one call from a cell phone reporting a building on fire at 33rd Str & Keeler. A still was sent to this location. Eng99 found nothing. As it turns out the Cicero Fire Department was receiving the rest of the calls for 33rd Str & Kostner for a trucking company on fire. Cicero Fire Dispatch contacted us on IFERN & the location was corrected.

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firefighter with hose at a winter fire scene at night

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Tags: Chicago FD Engine 34, Chicago FD Snorkel at fire scene, Chicago FD spare fire engine at fire scene, Chicago FD Squad 1, Chicago FD Truck 48, Chicago Fire Department, Dan Shevlin, fire scene at dawn, warehouse fire in Chicago, winter fire scene photos

Chicago Still & Box Alarm fire, 2-14-14

Feb 14

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Chicago had a Still & Box Alarm fire this morning at 3235 S. Kostner. Fire was through the roof and involved a corrugated one-story warehouse at a trucking company.

Here are some images from Gordon J. Nord, Jr. and Josh Boyajian.

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firefighters with hose at a winter fire scene at night

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Tags: Chicago FD Engine 34, Chicago FD Snorkel at fire scene, Chicago FD Squad 1, Chicago Fire Department, fire scene at dawn, Gordon J. Nord Jr., Josh Boyajian, warehouse fire in Chicago, winter fire scene photos

Chicago 2-11 Alarm fire 2-4-13

Feb 5

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Chicago firefighters responded to a reported fire in a large warehouse complex last night at 4834 S. Halsted. First arriving units found a 200×500, 5-story, fire-resistive structure with heavy smoke pushing out of the first floor. After a brief interior attack, companies were pulled out to initiate defensive operations. The alarm was upgraded to a 2-11 and a special call was made for Engine 81 with Hose Wagon 6-1-1.

The Chicago Tribune reported:

One firefighter was injured at an extra-alarm blaze in an abandoned factory in the Back of the Yards neighborhood that was being brought under control this evening.

The fire started in the abandoned L-shaped building west of 48th Street and Halsted Avenue about 5:45 p.m. The firefighter was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital for treatment, where he was alert and comfortable this evening, according to the Fire Department.

The factory building is of concrete construction, so was not as difficult to contain the fire as the recent extra-alarm fire in Bridgeport.

About a dozen fire department vehicles were stationed around the vacant warehouse Monday evening as others blocked off Halsted between 47th and 49th streets.

Firefighters called to the scene were confronted with volumes of “thick black smoke” streaming out of the warehouse’s windows, said deputy fire comissioner John McNicholas.

The entire Tribune article is HERE with a video and several images.

Tower Ladders and the Snorkel were positioned to be put to work, but the fire was determined to be involving contents and not the building itself. Another special request was made for Engine 106 with 9-2-3, the Mobile Ventilation Unit.

Tim Olk, Steve Redick, and Larry Shapiro went to the scene, but there was not much to see.