ARCING POWER LINE ON BUILDING, VAULTED SIDEWALK COLLAPSE INTO BASEMENT AT 24TH AND WESTERN AVE, CHICAGO

FRI JAN 24 2014 ~8:54 PM
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
ARCING LINE ON AGAINST A BUILDING/SIDEWALK COLLAPSE
24TH ST AND WESTERN AVE CHICAGO, IL

E23 CREW ON ARRIVAL REPORTS A POWER LINE DOWN. REQUESTING COM ED ASAP BECAUSE THE LINE IS ARCING ON A BUILDING -- ORDINARY CONSTRUCTION. BC4 REPORTS THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING BECAUSE OF COMMON GROUND.

RESCUE OF ELDERLY COUPLE OUT THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.

BC4 CALLS FOR STREETS AND SANS, AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT -- "THE VAULTED SIDEWALK COLLAPSED AND BREACHED THE WALL OF THE BASEMENT INTO THIS BUILDING."

ENGINE(S): E23 E109

TRUCK(S): T32 TL5

CHIEF(S): BC4

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