"SIGNIFICANT REKINDLE" OF WAREHOUSE BUILDING -- PREVIOUS 5-11 FIRE AT ASHLAND AVE AND 38TH ST, CHICAGO

    THU JAN 24 2013 ~6:41 AM
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    STILL AND BOX/REKINDLE AT 5-11
    3757 S ASHLAND AVE CHICAGO, IL

    STILL AND BOX ALARM MINUS THE SQUAD FOR SIGNIFICANT REKINDLE AT 5-11 FIRE FROM TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2013. ASHLAND AVE IS SHUT DOWN BETWEEN 35TH AND 39TH STREETS. INITIALLY FIREFIGHTERS WERE WORKING ON A REKINDLE JUST BEFORE 6:00 AM.

    AN ADDITIONAL TOWER LADDER AND ENGINE WERE REQUESTED AT ABOUT 6:35 AM, THEN A STILL AND BOX ALARM MINUS THE SQUAD WAS CALLED AT ABOUT 6:41 AM.


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    BOX ENGINES ARE ENG 29 AND ENG 28. TO ALL COMPANIES FROM CV 2-7-3: RELIEF COMPANIES ORDERED TO COME TO THE SCENE "WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE ALL DAY."

    DELUGE UNIT ORDERED TO REPORT TO 2-2-5 AT SECTOR 3.


    Firefighters in Chicago were back at the scene of a massive warehouse fire after flames rekindled Thursday morning. Crews originally battled the blaze Tuesday night in frigid temperatures that left the gutted structure caked in ice (AP).


    Firefighting operations on Tuesday night a little over one hour into the fire (and later) captured by Larry Shapiro (© Copyright Shapiro Photography).

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