Archive for March 27th, 2017

Box Alarm in River Forest, 3-26-17

Mar 27

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This from Steve Redick:

Lake and Park, a short block from the firehouse. I understand there was a fatality in this fire. Nothing to see when I arrived but got some nice rig shots. Fire was in the basement and well contained in short order.

River Forest FD Smeal quint at a fire scene

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Tags: Cicero FD Truck 2, E-ONE TDA, fatal house fire in River Forest IL, fire trucks at fire scene, Forest Park FD Engine 402, HME fire engine, Maywood FD Engine 507, new ambulance for Oak park FD, Pierce Quantum fire engine, River Forest Fire Department, River Forest fire trucks, Riverside FD Engine 806, Steve Redick

Still & Box Alarm fire in Chicago, 3-26-17 (more)

Mar 27

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video from José Guillén of the Still & Box Alarm fire in Chicago, 3-26-17

Tags: Chicago FD Squad 2A, Chicago FD Tower Ladder 14, Chicago Fire Department, fire scene video, José Guillén, smokey warehouse fire in Chicago

Still & Box Alarm fire in Chicago, 3-26-17

Mar 27

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos, Fire Scene video | 4 Comments

Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:

About 7:30 p.m. Sunday evening (3/26/17), Chicago firefighters responded for fire in a vacant structure at 6159 West Dickens Avenue on the city’s Northwest Side. The response was soon raised to a box alarm.

By 10 p.m., the fire was struck out. One firefighter was taken to a hospital to be treated for minor injuries.

This from José Guillén:

Here are a few cell phone camera shots of the Still & Box at the old Zenith TV and radio factory. I grew up in the neighborhood and was visiting my parents when I caught wind of this going on. Thanks.

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Tags: Chicago FD Deputy District Chief 2-2-2, Chicago FD Squad 2A, Chicago FD Tower Ladder 14, Chicago Fire Department, fire scene photos, fire scene video, José Guillén, smokey warehouse fire in Chicago, Steve Redick

Chicago MVA with Haz Mat Level 1, 3-26-17

Mar 27

Posted by Admin in Crash scene photos, Towing and Recovery, Towing and Recovery video | 7 Comments

This from Steve Redick:

Took in an unusual response yesterday on the outbound JFK Expressway at Kimball. A semi truck struck the retaining wall and went over the side on an elevated portion of the roadway. The cab detached from the frame (which remained dangling over the lower roadway) and fell to the street below. The driver was reported as being pinned with both portions of the wreckage on fire.

The driver had been removed and was enroute to the hospital when I arrived. Reportedly he was not pinned, but as you might imagine seriously injured. I observed some of the recovery operations utilizing the large IDOT wrecker as well as a bit of the Lin-Mar wrecker operations. A haz mat response was also utilized due to leaking fuel and fluids on both the upper and lower portions of the incident.