BUILDING COLLAPSE AT MORTON SALT ON ELSTON AVE NEAR DIVISION ST, CHICAGO

    TUE DEC 30 2014 ~2:00 PM
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    BUILDING COLLAPSE/STILL AND BOX
    1357 N ELSTON AVE CHICAGO, IL

    REPORT OF A BUILDING COLLAPSE AT "1301 ELSTON AVE."

    2-2-1 REPORTS ABOUT AN 8-STORY STORAGE BIN WAREHOUSE BUILDING -- POSSIBLY A TRUSS CONSTRUCTION -- THE SOUTH WALL APPROXIMATELY 3-STORIES HIGH AND 300 FEET WIDE HAS COLLAPSED. LOOKING FOR A REP FROM MORTON SALT AT ABOUT 2:09 PM.



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    NO PEOPLE TRAPPED BUT BUILDING HAS COLLAPSED ON SEVERAL CARS -- ALL OR MOST CARS FROM ACURA DEALERSHIP JUST TO THE SOUTH OF MORTON SALT.

    A53 A28 A44 RELEASED AT 2:19 PM

    ENGINE(S): E ?? E103 WITH LUMBER TRUCK

    TRUCK(S): T7 T19

    SQD ?? CV271

    RIT: BC ?? T ??

    CHIEF(S): BC12
    BOX CHIEF BC ??
    PLANS CHIEF BC ??
    221

    EMS: A48 FC457 451 A53 A28 A44

    STAGING: ELSTON AND DIVISION

    STRUCK OUT AT 2:14 PM ON ORDERS 2-2-1.

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