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CFD 4-11 Alarm Fire @ The Mega Mall Milwaukee & Sacramento :

CFD 4-11 Alarm Fire @ The Mega Mall Milwaukee & Sacramento

Updated: Oct 29, 2009 12:04pm PST

CFD 4-11 Alarm Fire Washburn Trade School 31st & Kedzie : A homeless person was injured when a four-alarm fire started at a vacant high school Sunday night in the Southwest Side's Little Village neighborhood. The fire started about 6:45 p.m. at the old Washburn Trade High School at 3100 S. Kedzie Ave., Fire Media Affairs Director Larry Langford said. The blaze appears to have started in the top two floors of the vacant five-story structure, which was under demolition. A homeless men sleeping in the building was taken to Saint Anthony Hospital in good condition with minor burns, Langford said. The blaze was elevated to a two-alarm fire at 6:50 p.m., a three alarm fire at 7:10 p.m. and a four-alarm fire about 7:35 p.m., Langford said. The fire was extinguished about 8:45 p.m., after spreading through the entire building, Langford said. The blaze did not cause significant damage to the concrete structure but damaged the materials inside. Police assisted the fire department by closing West 31st Street and South Kedzie Avenue near the blaze. The cause of the fire is under investigation Sunday night.

CFD 4-11 Alarm Fire Washburn Trade School 31st & Kedzie

A homeless person was injured when a four-alarm fire started at a vaca ...

Updated: Feb 16, 2009 11:12am PST

Chicago Fire Dept 4-11 Alarm Fire Level 1 Haz-Mat EMS Plan 1 21st & Western : NBC 5 Chicago Reports: A extra-alarm fire at a factory in the West Side Pilsen neighborhood that burned for more than two hours delayed trains on the CTA's Pink Line. The fire was put out around 3:49 p.m. Satuday, according to a tweet from Chicago Fire Media. No injuries have been reported. A 4-11 alarm was called for the fire in the 2400 block of West 21st Place around 1:45 p.m. The building started to collapse around 2:43 p.m., Chicago Fire Media tweeted. The blaze, which could be seen from the John Hancock Observatory, disrupted service on the CTA's Pink Line. Normal service remains suspended as of 4:13 p.m. "Again: Pink Line trains btwn Loop & West Side now operating as far as 18th; also Central Park & 54/Cermak w/shuttles to bridge gap.," CTA tweeted Saturday evening after the fire had been extinguished. Shuttle buses are available to provide connecting service through the affected area between 54th/Cermak and Central Park, according to an alert on the CTA's website. Also, consider using the No. 21 Cermak bus as alternate service between 54th/Cermak and Polk. The building is reportedly a 3-story factory and was fully engulfed in flames, according to dispatch reports. An EMS Plan I, which sends at least five ambulances to the scene, and a Level I Hazardous Materials response were also called for this fire. The EMS plan was secured about 2 p.m. Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Extra-Alarm-Fire-Delays-Trains-on-CTA-Pink-Line-185163561.html#ixzz2GUpTxR87

Chicago Fire Dept 4-11 Alarm Fire Level 1 Haz-Mat EMS Plan 1 21st & Western

NBC 5 Chicago Reports: A extra-alarm fire at a factory in the West ...

Updated: Feb 05, 2013 5:48am PST

Chicago Fire Dept 4-11 Alarm Fire Ruins Engine 23 Tower 5 Batt 4 12-31-2012 :

Chicago Fire Dept 4-11 Alarm Fire Ruins Engine 23 Tower 5 Batt 4 12-31-2012

Updated: Dec 31, 2012 11:11am PST