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Box alarm in Libertyville, 10-12-13

Oct 17

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire, Fire Scene photos | 1 Comment

Tim Olk took in Libertyville’s Box Alarm last Saturday night and submitted these images.

Tim Olk photo

More photos are HERE.

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Chicago Still Alarm fire 9-14-13

Sep 15

Posted by Admin in Fire Scene photos, Firefighters working | 1 Comment

This from Eric Haak:

This fire on the 5300 block of South Justine occurred Saturday afternoon at 1245 hrs. Companies responding were Engines 116 and 123, Truck 33 and Tower Ladder 39, Battalion 19 along with Battalion 15 and Truck 18 with the RIT assignment. No rig shots with this one as both engine companies were running spares. There was some concern about communication to the rear porches of the exposure to the north, but everything was quickly contained. A resident of the address told me that the mother allegedly stepped out to go to the corner store when the fire was started by kids in the rear bedroom. During overhaul, the remnants of several mattresses were tossed out the rear window by members of Squad 5.

Eric Haak photo

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House fire in Chicago 8-17-13

Aug 19

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire, Firefighters working | 12 Comments

This from Eric Haak:

The still time for this fire was 1702 hrs. Although the fire was out before I arrived, I wanted submit these because it was kind of an interesting job. This vacant 2.5 story frame was located in the middle of the 6900 block of south Winchester. The block has a cul-de-sac at the south end of the block. What was really odd was that there was a block party going on when this happened! A couple of hundred people barbecuing and dancing with kids playing up and down the street and then this house just “randomly” catches fire and gets this advanced before any companies could arrive. No one on the scene reported seeing anything unusual happening. One witness just stated that one minute the home was fine and the next there was fire everywhere. Engine 101 used their deck gun to knock it down and kept it from communicating. I was only about 2 miles out when Engine 101 reported on scene and there wasn’t much to see once I got there. Engine 129 and Truck 50 were the other still companies along with Truck 41.

Eric Haak photo

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CFD Still and Box 3-10-13

Mar 11

Posted by Admin in Fire, Fire Service News, Firefighters working | Comments off

This from Josh Boyajian:

The city had a still and box on the west side yesterday @ 1223 s Kildare. Engine 38 had heavy fire from the attic U/A. Truck 26 beat in Truck 48 and took sector 1 where they deployed the main to the expousure to the north. Around 10 minutes into the fire, Batt 13 ordered all companies out of the building and went defensive. Here are my pictures.