Excerpts from cbsnews.com:
An extra-alarm fire was raging in an old and historic textile factory in the Lawndale neighborhood Friday night in the old Western Felt Works building at 4115 W. Ogden Ave., about a block west of Pulaski Road.
The 3-11 alarm fire sent 12 fire engines, four fire trucks, two tower ladders, and other equipment—along with about 125 firefighters.
The Western Felt Works building was one of three Ogden-Keeler industrial buildings on the Endangered List compiled by Preservation Chicago. Western Felt Works was founded in 1899, and Preservation Chicago said its building dates back to 1916.
There was no immediate information on the cause or injuries in the fire.
#1 by Wayne on October 16, 2024 - 1:18 PM
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Lotta interesting shots in that gallery Chicagoland! Nice work!
#2 by Chicagoland Fire Photos on October 15, 2024 - 11:25 AM
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Mabas 21,
Squad 1 is using G-510 now since 5-1-1 is back in service. Surprisingly it wasn’t that many spares in the grand scope of things 4/12 Engines and 2/8 Trucks, along with the squad which is a given with how unreliable the Rosenbauer’s are.
#3 by MABAS 21 on October 15, 2024 - 10:44 AM
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It’s crazy to see all of the spare engines in service. What company is using G510 now?
#4 by Chicagoland Fire Photos on October 15, 2024 - 8:18 AM
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Here’s my photos from this fire, I arrived about 25 minutes after the 3-11 was announced.
https://chicagolandfirephotos.smugmug.com/Incidents/Incidents-Chicago/Fires-Chicago/3-11/3-11-Alarm-at-2118-w-Ogden-Ave-on-10112024
#5 by Dan on October 14, 2024 - 6:34 PM
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The city is lucky they had enough functional apparatus to fight a fire of that size.
#6 by Chuck on October 14, 2024 - 4:04 PM
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Just like the old days – how convenient that a building scheduled for demolition with the property slated to become a logistics terminal that the neighborhood is actively battling suddenly burns down. As Bob “Don Rimgale” DeNiro would say “Mice with matches…”