TWO ADULTS AND TWO DOGS RESCUED FROM BOAT FIRE ON LAKE MICHIGAN OFF OF FULLERTON AVE, CHICAGO

    SUN SEP 07 2014 ~4:50 PM
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    PERSON IN THE WATER/WATER RESCUE RESPONSE
    FULLERTON AND LAKE SHORE DRIVE CHICAGO, IL

    BOAT FIRE REPORTED AS A MILE-AND-A-HALF OUT FROM THE PLAY PEN. CORRECTED TO FULLERTON AT ABOUT 4:55 PM.

    CITIZEN RESCUED A FEMALE/ADULT AND TWO DOGS TO ANOTHER BOAT. POLICE MARINE UNIT ARRIVES AND RESCUES MALE/ADULT.

    FIRE OUT IN ABOUT 5 MINUTES. POLICE MARINE UNIT AND FIREFIGHTERS WORKED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE.

    NO INJURIES REPORTED.

    ENGINE(S): E ?? E ??

    TRUCK(S): T ??

    SQD1?

    POLICE MARINE UNIT

    WATER RESPONSE: FAST BOAT 6-8-8,
    SCUBA DIVE TEAM 6-8-7, RESCUE HELICOPTER 6-8-1? RESCUE HELICOPTER 6-8-2?

    CHIEF(S): BC ??, DEPUTY DISTRICT CHIEF (SCUBA) 6-8-6, SPECIAL OPERATIONS BC 5-1-5

    EMS: A ?? FC451 STANDBY A ??

    Chicago Boat Fire Lake Michigan Fullerton (VIDEO CREDIT: Blake Joslyn).


    Chicago Lake Michigan Boat Fire; view from high-rise (VIDEO CREDIT: Patrick Kilgore).

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