Waukegan firefighters responded to 545 W Water Street for a house fire Friday evening and had heavy fire on arrival. The alarm was upgraded to a MABAS Box Alarm for additional resources.
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From Tim Olk:
6224 Hohman Avenue in Hammond, IN
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Chicago Fire Department Still & Box Alarm Fire 1058 N Karlov
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This from Dennis McGuire, Jr. for #TBT:
Flash back to January 18th, 1994 when the high reached only 11 below zero, following a morning low of minus 21 and yielding a daily average temperature of minus 16. On Chicago’s south side, fire companies were battling a 2-11 in a 4 story apartment building at 8049-59 S St. Lawrence.
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Photos from Tim Olk of a working fire in Chicago at 121 W. 113th Place on 1/20/20
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Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:
A fire occurred in a house being renovated in the 5200-block of Fargo Avenue between Niles Center Road and the Edens Expressway in Skokie Tuesday morning. Just before 6 a.m. a police officer noticed the fire and called it in. The flames spread quickly.
The fire is under investigation. The cause is unknown.
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Box Alarm fire in Waukegan at 452 N. Jackson Street 3/4/19. Photos from Tim Olk.
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This from Steve Redick:
Took this job in Thursday afternoon, temps were still below zero after record setting cold the previous day. CFD was sending a 3rd engine to all working fires to help overcome the many frozen hydrants encountered. In this case it looked to me like the two closest hydrants were in good working order. They were just a few minutes away from going defensive when I arrived. The tower ladder was positioned late in the fire after moving the first-due truck and second engine who was hooked to a hydrant. Members took a beating from the severe cold.All the images can be seen here:
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This from Eric Haak:
The Chicago Fire Department continued a busy two days of firefighting in sub-zero temperatures with this Still & Box Alarm at 2949 North Luna Avenue in the 7th Battalion. A working fire was confirmed just before 1:30pm on Thursday (1/31) and the alarm was elevated very shortly afterward. Companies were interior for over a half hour before going defensive and remained on the scene for nearly 4 hours.
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This from Eric Haak:
At 11:30 Wednesday (1/30/19), the Merrillville, Indiana Fire Department had a 3-Alarm fire at the Stanley Steamer Warehouse, 9154 Louisiana St. The building was a 75×300, 1-story, metal clad structure. The fire burned from the north end all the way through to the south. They had two aerials working on the north side of the building but I had no access to that side. The weather was a brutal; -14 degrees with sustained wind gusts of 23 to 30 mph.
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