EXPLOSION AND FIRE AT TURANO BAKING COMPANY GARAGE ON ROOSEVELT RD OAK PARK EXTRA ALARM FIRE

    TUE NOV 11 2014 ~2:25 PM
    OAK PARK FIRE DEPARTMENT
    COMMERCIAL BUILDING FIRE AND EXPLOSION/BOX ALARM 3RD LEVEL/EMS BOX 2ND LEVEL
    6520 ROOSEVELT RD OAK PARK, IL

    MABAS DIVISION 11 BOX ALARM TO THE THIRD LEVEL ON BOX #601 FOR A STRUCTURE FIRE WITH A BUILDING COLLAPSE AT THE FLEET MAINTENANCE GARAGE OF TURANO BAKING COMPANY. FIRE AND EXPLOSION WAS POSSIBLY CAUSED WHEN A PROPANE TANK BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN EMPTY, WAS ACTUALLY FULL, AND THE PROPANE GAS WAS IGNITED BY CONTACT WITH HEATER ELEMENTS OR OTHER IGNITION SOURCE IN THE GARAGE.

    AT LEAST ONE PATIENT TRANSPORTED TO LOYOLA -- POSSIBLY WITH SEVERE BURNS. THREE PATIENTS WERE TRANSPORTED TO  RUSH OAK PARK HOSPITAL.

    HEAVY SMOKE DISPERSING IN THE AREA ...
    NW 18 G 26 MPH AT 3:53 PM.


    ENGINE(S): NORTH RIVERSIDE, STICKNEY, MAYWOOD, CICERO, BROADVIEW, ELMWOOD PARK

    TRUCK(S): RIVER FOREST T219, BERWYN T908, CICERO TF12, WESTCHESTER T25

    SQUAD(S): ??

    EMS: BERWYN

    CHIEF(S): ALL DIVISION 11 CHIEFS, INCLUDING BROADVIEW CHIEF7

    SPECIAL: BERWYN

    CHANGE OF QUARTERS: ??

    STAGING: ??

    EMS BOX FOR A STRUCTURE FIRE WITH BUILDING COLLAPSE AT 2:25 PM.

    EMS: RIVER FOREST, FOREST PARK, AND CICERO

    EMS BOX 2ND LEVEL AT 2:36 PM

    EMS: CICERO, NORTH RIVERSIDE, ELMWOOD PARK

    BOX ALARM STRUCK OUT AT 4:21 PM.



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Published by CHICAGOFIREMAP.NET: Tuesday, November 11, 2014

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