WATER TOWER IN DANGER OF COLLAPSE ON ERIE ST JUST NORTHWEST OF ORLEANS ST AND ONTARIO ST, CHICAGO

FRI FEB 21 2014 ~1:53 PM
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
WATER TOWER LEANING/DANGEROUS BUILDING
409 W ERIE CHICAGO, IL

RESPONDING TO A REPORT OF A WATER TOWER LEANING. TL10 REPORTS WATER TOWER VISUALLY LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT TO COLLAPSE. BC3 REPORTS WATER TOWER IS LEAKING WATER AND SPILLING ICE. NEED POLICE FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL.

WATER TOWER IS LEANING TO THE SOUTH -- TOWARD AN ALLEY. BUILDING OCCUPANTS WILL BE EVACUATED IN THE UPPER FLOORS OF THE AFFECTED BUILDING WITH THE WATER TOWER AND THE BUILDING TO THE SOUTH.

A 5-STORY ORDINARY, 100X80 WITH THE LEANING WATER TOWER ON TOP. ADJACENT BUILDING A 5-STORY BUILDING, 100X100. BUILDINGS ARE SEPARATED BY A 15-FOOT ALLEY. BOTH BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED.

Water tower leaking (VIDEO CREDIT: Thom Serafin).

Water tower leaking -- interior view (VIDEO CREDIT: Thom Serafin).

ENGINE(S): E42

TRUCK(S): T3 TRK TL10

SQD CV

RIT: BC TRK

CHIEF(S): BC3

EMS: AMB FC STANDBY AMB

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