LARGE MULCH FIRE ON LAWNDALE IN MCCOOK NEAR I-55 AND HARLEM AVE BRINGS "FOREST FIRE" ODOR FROM SOUTHWEST SIDE OF CHICAGO TO WEST LOOP

    SAT DEC 28 2013 ~7:43 AM
    MCCOOK FIRE DEPARTMENT
    OUTDOOR MULCH FIRE
    5300 LAWNDALE AVE MCCOOK, IL

    CICERO FIRE DEPARTMENT ASKS CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT ON IFERN IF THEY HAVE ANY LARGE FIRES IN THE AREA AT 7:43 AM. CICERO FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS INVESTIGATING A SMOKE ODOR COVERING A LARGE AREA IN CICERO. CHICAGO REPLIES "NO.

    MANY RESIDENTS WERE CURIOUS OVER THE WEEKEND ABOUT THE SOURCE OF SMOKE ODOR. SOME DESCRIBED AS A FOREST FIRE SMELL.

    WINDS ON SATURDAY MORNING WERE FROM THE SOUTHWEST RANGING FROM 6 MPH TO 14 MPH. FROM ABOUT 1:00 PM TO 7:30 PM WIND WERE FROM THE SOUTH AT 9 MPH TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 28 MPH.

    WINDS OVERNIGHT SATURDAY TO SUNDAY WERE FROM THE SOUTHWEST 6 MPH TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 17 MPH.

    LEMONT TENDER 917 MUTUAL AID.

    BERWYN MUTUAL AID, CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT ENG 104, TURRET WAGON 6-7-6 AND OTHERS MUTUAL AID (TOTAL 4 WATER TENDERS).

    SPECIAL: 6 LIGHT TOWERS, EVERGREEN PARK LIGHT WAGON.

    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT ENG 104 AND TURRET WAGON 6-7-6 LEFT ASSIGNMENT IN MCCOOK AT ABOUT 9:55 AM ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2013.

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