Chicago had a 2-11 Alarm fire overnight at 75th & King Drive.
The fire in the Dollar & Up store, at the southwest corner of East 75th Street and South Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, was reported at 12:12 a.m., Chicago Fire Department District Chief Tim Sampey said. Firefighters found a “heavy volume of fire” in the store and elevated it to a 2-11 alarm as they worked to keep it from spreading to an adjacent business, Sampey said.
After learning that no one was believed to be inside, firefighters fought in defensive mode, attacking the fire from the outside of the building.
Firefighters kept the flames from spreading to the adjacent Cricket store and extinguished the blaze at 1:30 a.m.
Images from the scene are from Gordon J. Nord, Jr.
![heavy smoke pours out of commercial store on fire in Chicago at night](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CFD_King-GJN-00.jpg)
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
![Chicago FD Engine 122 working at fire scene Spartan](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CFD-King_GJN-11.jpg)
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![firemen pro water on commercial fire at night](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CFD-King_GJN-10.jpg)
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![chief fire officers in Chicago discuss strategy at fire scene](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CFD-King_GJN-07.jpg)
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![E-ONE ladder truck at night fire scene in Chicago](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CFD-King_GJN-06.jpg)
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![firemen use E-ONE tower ladder to battle commercial fire at night](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CFD-King_GJN-04.jpg)
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![firemen use E-ONE tower ladder to battle commercial fire at night](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CFD-King_GJN-02.jpg)
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![Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CFD-King_GJN-14.jpg)
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![firemen after fire in retail store](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CFD-King_GJN-13.jpg)
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thanks Dan
more images from this fire can be viewed at FireScenes.Net