HOUSE DUPLEX BURNS DOWN; DRAPES TOO CLOSE TO SPACE HEATER ON LOWE AVE, CHICAGO

    MON JAN 06 2014 ~10:17 PM
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    DUPLEX HOUSE FIRE/STILL AND BOX/2-11
    5230 S LOWE CHICAGO, IL

    ENG 50 CREW ON ARRIVAL REPORTS 2.5-STORY FRAME WITH A FIRE ON THE FIRST FLOOR "50 GOING TO WORK." BC 19 IN COMMAND. AMB 49 ORDERED TO SECTOR 1 FOR INJURED CIVILIANS. EXPOSURE IN SECTOR 4 IS A ONE-STORY 25X50.

    TWO CIVILIANS SEEN BY PARAMEDICS PRECAUTIONARY/EXPOSURE/RESPIRATORY.



    ENGINE(S): ENG 50 ENG 84

    TRUCK(S): TRK 18 TRK 51 TWR

    SQD 5 CV 273

    RIT: BC 18 TRK 33

    AMB 49 EMS 455 AND 458 AMB 1

    STILL AND BOX AT 10:22 PM

    FIRE THROUGH THE ROOF -- JUST ABOUT TOTALLY INVOLVED

    BC 19 REPORTS FOUR 2.5-INCH LINES ALL COMPANIES WORKING. TWR LADDER GOING TO WORK. 273 REPORTS NO PRIMARY SEARCH ON FIRE BUILDING. ALL BUILDINGS OCCUPIED.

    STAGING: ENG 50 HOUSE, 5000 S. UNION

    ENGINE(S): ENG 116 (THIRD ENGINE, BACK DOWN IN LINE WITH ENG 84), ENG 47

    ENG 47 FREEZES UP AT ABOUT 10:55 PM AT 52ND AND UNION; ENG 123 IS REPLACEMENT.

    TRUCK(S): TWR 39 ?? (FED BY ENG 84)

    BC 17
    BC 15 PLANS CHIEF
    2-2-5 "GIVE ME A WARMING BUS"

    2-1-31

    4-1-7

    2-11 AT 10:48 PM ON ORDERS OF 225

    ENGINE(S): ENG 60 ENG 43?

    TRUCK(S): TRK 20, TRK 11

    CHIEF(S):
    SPECIAL OPERATIONS 5-15
    2-1-5
    BC 4 SAFETY CHIEF
    BC 2
    BC 21 REPORT TO INCIDENT COMMANDER

    SPECIAL: CANTEEN 402

    STRUCK OUT AT 11:20 PM.

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