A few more images from Gordon Nord of the Chicago 2-11 Alarm and Level I Haz Mat, 7-25-16 (more)
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Images from Gordon J. Nord, Jr. of the Chicago 2-11 Alarm and Level I Haz Mat, 7-25-16 on the Stevenson Expressway near Cicero Avenue.
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
This from Eric Haak:
Here are some images from Chicago’s 2-11 Alarm on the southbound Stevenson Expressway east of Cicero Avenue. The incident was apparently the result of a car rear-ending a semi carrying paint just before 11 o’clock Monday morning (7/25). The best I could do was show the extensive in-line operation up the exit ramp to the crash site. Engines pumping in order from the farthest hydrant were 99-32-38-15-127. 652 responded from Midway Airport but I was only able to get a picture of them as they flew up the off-ramp.
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Firefighters found a body in the burning wreckage of a crash on the Stevenson Expressway Monday morning that involved at least two semis, a van, and two cars, according to state police.
The accident happened around 10:55 a.m. on the outbound lanes of the expressway between Pulaski Road and Cicero Avenue.
The body was found hours later in the van after the extra-alarm fire had been extinguished.
One person was taken to a hospital and was reported stable, according to state police, who said the injuries were not considered life-threatening. Three other people declined medical attention, Langford said.
Langford said it appeared the accident was a chain reaction, but it was not clear which vehicle crashed first. Fire crews used foam to put out the fire, which was spread about 120 feet across the interstate.
One semi was hauling more than 17,800 pounds of paint, which fueled the fire, and the other was carrying about 40,000 pounds of frozen meat.
This from Larry Shapiro:
The Countryside FPD was alerted to a full-involved house fire in the area of Midlotian and Kruckenberg Roads in Hawthorn Woods after 11PM on Saturday(11-8-14). Once the address was confirmed, the vacant house was situated in the Lake Zurich Fire Protection District, but Countyrside units were already arriving on the scene. The building was one of several structures on the property at 12124 Kruckenberg Road which is currently being cleared for a new residential development.
Access was delay ed by two Jersey barriers that were blocking the road and had to be moved. An in-line operation supplied water from one side of the incident with over a thousand feet of 5″ hose involving Long Grove Tanker 55, Countryside Tender 411, Lake Zurich Engine , and Countryside Engine 411. Another hydrant from a street behind the site was also used for a master stream from Countryside Tower 412 and a hand line.
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More photos are at shapirophotography.net
Our thanks to Deputy Chief William Q. Rice for compiling this summary and sharing it:
Here is a video and some images from Larry Shapiro from the 13-alarm fire in Burlington WI overnight.
Big Bend, WI engine drafting from Echo Lake. Larry Shapiro photo
Another view of the Big Bend, WI engine drafting from Echo Lake. Larry Shapiro photo
Wauconda engine pumping in-line. Larry Shapiro photo
Wheatland, WI quint working in Sector D. Larry Shapiro photo
Lake Geneva tower ladder working in Sector A. Larry Shapiro photo
Kansasville, WI engine drafting from a portable tank. Larry Shapiro photo
Lake Geneva tower ladder visible in the background being supplied by the Kansasville engine. Larry Shapiro photo
Kansasville and Burlington engines drafting in Sector A. Larry Shapiro photo
A tanker dumping at the D Sector water supply. Larry Shapiro photo
Several of the chemical storage tanks that were threatened. Larry Shapiro photo
Another tanker working in Sector D. Larry Shapiro photo
Lyons Township, WI tanker turning around to access the portable tanks. Larry Shapiro photo
Kansasville Assistant Chief working Sector D. Larry Shapiro photo
A Burlington engine pumping in-line to supply a master stream. Larry Shapiro photo
Town of Burlington engine drafting from the portable tanks along the southside of the fire. Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro has a gallery with images from the Echo Lake Foods fire
A large fire broke out just after 6PM last night at the Echo Lake Foods facility at 33102 South Honey Lake Road in Burlington, WI.
The fire building was one of a series of six buildings inter-connected at the facility that processes the following according to the company website:
We are passionate in our commitment to producing the best quality egg products and breakfast-style entrees.
• PRECOOKED EGG ENTREES
• FRENCH TOAST & PANCAKES
• CREPES AND BLINTZES
• PRECOOKED SCRAMBLED AND DICED EGGS
• FROZEN LIQUID EGGS
• WAFFLES
• MINI PANCAKES
As such, the facility has large amount of ammonia and liquid oxygen. As of 5AM Friday, (11 hours into the incident), NBC TMJ4 reported the following:
BURLINGTON – An eight-alarm fire has gone into its 13th hour of burning out of control Thursday morning at the Echo Lake Foods processing plant in Burlington.
“There still is active fire. It is not contained at this point,” said Fire Chief Richard Lodle during a 5 a.m. news conference Thursday which aired live on TODAY’S TMJ4.
More than 80 fire departments and 200 firefighters have given their assistance to the Burlington Fire Department.
The Burlington Police Department evacuated 10 homes and an apartment building, assisting about 50 people.
The fire broke out just after 6 p.m. Wednesday, and is at 33102 N. Honey Lake Road in Burlington, the site of Echo Lake Foods.
“The fire department discovered a significant fire upon arrival,” said Miller.
“The plant was successfully evacuated. There were no injuries to employees or, so far, to any firefighters.”
Hazardous materials teams came on scene because of ammonia and liquid oxygen tanks.
Meanwhile, Burlington’s fire chief is rotating in hundreds of firefighters from around southeastern Wisconsin, as far away as Milwaukee County.
“That’s why the large number of departments that we have called in, the large number of personnel that we’ve had…We’re not rotating out and rotating back in. When you rotate out, you go home.”
He also said they have not have much opportunity to enter the building and fight the fire from inside.
“The majority has been on a defensive mode. At this point, we’re attempting to do an interior attack, if we can get crews in.”
The company, founded in 1941, produces eggs and egg products, as well as other breakfast products. The factory has a long history in the Burlington area.
“This will affect the city greatly. We will attempt to help them rebuild and re-open the plant as soon as possible,” said Miller during the news conference.
“One of the largest employers…it’s going to be a loss of 300 jobs for a while.”
The complete article with photos is HERE.
The fire went to a 5th Alarm (as high as MABAS Alarms are rated) and then 8 separate inter-divisional alarms were requested with strike teams or task forces requested from other MABAS Divisions in Wisconsin and Illinois. (some of the MABAS Divisions that responded include 101, 102, 106, 4, 5)
Tim Olk and Larry Shapiro went to the incident roughly four hours after the initial alarm and have a video and images from the scene that will be posted later. The size of the scene, the bitter cold weather, and the hazardous smoke restricted their access to two of the four sectors.
The incident is located in an area that required tankers to shuttle water to portable tanks, where engines drafted to feed the multiple master streams. Some of the streams had to shutdown fairly often as the three or four portable tanks that were inter-connected would be depleted before they could be refilled. There were at least three such water supply sectors being managed at the fire scene. Eventually, a drafting operation was setup from Echo Lake along Milwaukee Avenue. Two engines and a quint worked to complete this task for engines supplying a master stream in Sector D.
The Chicago Tribune has an article HERE.
ABC news has an article HERE.
MyRacineCounty.com has an article.
Fox6now.com has an article with video.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel online has an article with a great overhead image from this morning.
More on the fire in Zion on Sunday at Maine Plastics.
The was in the outside yard of a recycling facility that bands various paper goods and material into large bundles for reuse by others. According to the company web site:
Maine Plastics is a buyer, seller, and recycler of plastics, metals, paper scrap, and uncommon materials. We also offer baling, grinding, material seperation, metal detection and removal services at our plants nationwide.
First arriving companies were on the scene around 7AM, and the alarm was upgraded to a MABAS Box Alarm. They also requested the Quad 2 Foam Unit (a 1992 Oshkosh T-3000) out of Round Lake. Approximately an hour later, a 2nd Alarm was struck for additional companies. The Winthrop Harbor and Zion trucks were deployed with elevated master streams on the north side of the facility, and the Antioch tower ladder was setup to the south. When the ARFF arrived, the Zion truck was repositioned and the water supply for Winthrop harbor was re-directed to the ARFF.
Thick smoke billows from what appears to be the industrial building at 1817 Kenosha Road in Zion, when in reality the fire was outside behind the building. Larry Shapiro photo
Zion firefighters use the truck to deploy an elevated master stream into the heavy fire. On the right side of the image is the Quad 2 Foam Truck. Larry Shapiro photo
Heavy smoke and fire is generated from burning paper goods and plastics. Larry Shapiro photo
Another image of the material burning in the yard as a stream from the Zion ladder truck works to cool things down. Larry Shapiro photo
Kenosha Engine 4 was on a hydrant at Kenosha Road and Route 173 with 800′ of 5″ LDH behind it. Larry Shapiro photo
A 3rd Alarm was struck an hour or so later, and subsequently a Haz Mat Box Alarm was requested for techs to advise on the hazards of the burning plastics and other products.
3rd alarm companies including this engine from Paris (WI) maneuver in the staging area upon arrival. Larry Shapiro photo
Master streams from the Zion truck and the Quad 2 Foam Unit work on the fire from the north end of the lot. Larry Shapiro photo
A Zion firefighter directs the master stream from the tip of the aerial. Larry Shapiro photo
Units on the scene included the following:
- Engines from: Zion (2), Grayslake, Pleasant Prairie (WI), Knollwood, Libertyville, Beach Park. Richmond, Salem (WI), Barrington (quint), Spring Grove, Mundelein, Highland Park, Highwood (quint), Paris (WI), Newport Township (2), Kenosha (WI), Abbott Labs
- Trucks from: Winthrop Harbor, Zion, Antioch, Round Lake, Palatine, Wauconda, South Shore (WI)
- Ambulances from: Zion, Lake Villa, Gurnee, Lake Forest, Salem (WI), Buffalo Grove, Wheeling, and Countryside
- Squads from: Zion, Fox Lake, Deerfield, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods, Long Grove
- Special duty units: Quad 2 Foam Unit (ARFF), MABAS Air 3, MABAS Decon 4, MABAS 4 & 5 Haz Mat, MESS Canteen (3), Zion ESDA (5), ILEAS Unified Command Post, and the Quad 2 Command Unit
After the 3rd Alarm was in, additional water was needed to supply a Round Lake tower ladder. The Newport Township hose tender (Engine 1413) dropped roughly 2,500′ of 5″ large diameter hose (LDH) to a nearby pond to initiate a drafting operation. Engines from Paris (WI) and Pleasant Prairie (WI) were placed in-line to boost the pressure for this long run.
Newport Township Engine 1413 dropped 2,500 feet of hose to reach this pond for drafting. Larry Shapiro photo
This engine from Paris (WI) was pumping in-line to boost the pressure heading towards the Round Lake tower ladder. Larry Shapiro photo
Units at the fire scene represented five different MABAS Divisions (3,4,5,101, and 102) as well as five counties (Cook, Lake, McHenry, Kenosha, and Racine), and two states (IL & WI).
After the bulk of the fire was knocked down, the elevated streams on the north end of the scene were shut down and the ARFF continued to work while two end loaders moved the debris around. Larry Shapiro photo
Seen from the south end of the lot, the ARFF puts out a considerable stream to douse the burning debris. Larry Shapiro photo
Over five hours into the initial alarm, flareups continue from the debris piles as a stream from the ARFF can be seen working to darken down the flames. Larry Shapiro photo
The MABAS Division 3 Air unit was one of several specialty apparatus called to the scene. Larry Shapiro photo
A large gallery of images can be fond HERE.
Lisle house fire 7/1/11
Aug 6
Stephen Wilcox submitted yet another recent house fire from Dupage County, this time in Lisle. Stephen submitted several images and commentary;
This box alarm was in an unhydranted area in the north end of Lisle’s district. Typically, the weather was hot and humid. No one home at the time of the fire (1115 hours on 7/1/11) may have contributed to a response delay. Structure was one story “L” shaped, about 40″X80″ ordinary, located on Red Oak. Command also called a box for tankers.
"D" side on my arrival, also the area of ignition. Stephen Wilcox photo
"A" side upon arrival of companies. Stephen Wilcox photo
"A" side, members are moving hose lines into position. Stephen Wilcox photo
The fire is moving rapidly from the "C-D" corner towards "B". Notice fire starting to show in the window as we go by. Stephen Wilcox photo
Same window a few moments later, a bit closer of a look. Stephen Wilcox photo
The rear at the height of the fire fight. Stephen Wilcox photo
Heavy fire vents from the "B" side as a line can be seen that was stretched to the rear. Stephen Wilcox photo
Another view shows fire burning through the roof. Stephen Wilcox photo
Lisle firefighters use a 2-1/2 in the front as they darken down the interior fire. Stephen Wilcox photo
Members have a 2-1/2 with water and are making what progress they can, keeping in mind the defensive attack, collapse zone, etc. Stephen Wilcox photo
Winfield Tender 614 was called to the scene since the area was without hydrants. Stephen Wilcox photo
York Center FPD Tender 76 was also due on the tanker box. The tenders were utilized 'in-line' to supply water to the pumping engines. Stephen Wilcox photo
The newest engine in Lisle, Engine 511, is shown here pumping at it's first working fire. Stephen Wilcox photo
