Chicago had a commercial fire Sunday morning at 5614 W. Grand Avenue.
Steve Redick and Dan McInerney both took in the fire and submitted images.
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Heavy fire burns through the auto body shop on Grand Avenue. Steve Redick photo
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Firefighters use street level deluge guns in a defensive mode to fight the fire Sunday morning. Steve Redick photo
Steve provided the following information:
This morning about 0600 a 2-11 alarm at 5614 Grand ave. A 1 sty commercial attached to a truss roof auto repair garage. I arrived a few minutes after the 2-11 was pulled…and some of the box alarm companies were still going to work. Squad 2 had no snorkel and both tower ladders (14 and 23) were in spares too. The fire was through the roof just before the first images and 2 separate collapses occurred while I was there…I didn’t get them on video or stills but notice just the roof came in..no other outward collapses of the parapets or bearing walls seem to have occurred. I wonder if there were fire cuts on the truss ends. Also got some shots of 43 stretching up a ground ladder to the roof of exposure 2 for a point of vantage operation. All in all an interesting fire…shift change was taking place at the same time so that’s why you see members in various states of dress. I am enclosing a link to a short video with radio traffic I shot as well…
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Two tower ladders worked in addition to multiple hand lines and multi-versals. Steve Redick photo
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Engine 68 was the first due engine and had a deck gun and several hand lines flowing. Steve Redick photo
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This image from later in the incident shows the tremendous amount of water that was used to hit the fire. Dan McInerney photo
Dan had the following comments:
This was a one story truss roof auto body shop. It looked 75×100, fire throughout. Exposure in sector 2 was a one story 25×100 with fire throughout as well.These are of E117 and T35. E117 had 2 lines off I believe to the roof of the building driectly to the west of the exposure building operating from a point of vantage. T35 had their main to that roof as well.
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Shot from the rear shows heavy fire burning through the roof. Steve Redick photo
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Firefighters from Engine 117 hoist a hose up a ground ladder to use the roof of a building in Sector 2 to hit the fire. Steve Redick photo
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The 2-story house to the west had two 2-1/2s operating on the roof plus a 2-1/2 and a 1-3/4 out the second floor windows. Dan McInerney photo
Video links, photo galleries and more images will be posted in a follow-up article.