AUTO INTO A BUILDING WITH A GAS LINE HIT ON WEST BELMONT AVE, EAST OF CICERO AVE, CHICAGO

    WED DEC 25 2013 ~1:10 AM
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    GAS LEAK/LEVEL I HAZMAT
    4452 WEST BELMONT AVE CHICAGO, IL

    ENG 7 ON ARRIVAL REPORT A CAR IN A BUILDING WITH A GAS MAIN SEVERED AND ORDERS A LEVEL I HAZMAT. BC 7 IN COMMAND FOR AN AUTOMOBILE INTO A BUILDING AT BELMONT AVE AND KILBOURN AVE. VEHICLE RUPTURED A GAS LINE IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING WITH STRONG RUSH OF LEAKING GAS HEARD IN THE BACKGROUND. A 2 1/2 INCH HOSE LINE ON STAND BY. PEOPLES GAS CALLED TO THE SCENE.

    LEVEL I HAZMAT SECURED AT ABOUT 1:40 PM.

    WIND S 14 MPH

    BELMONT AVE AND CICERO AVE

    HAZMAT UNIT 5-1-2 ON SCENE

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