CHEMICAL MIX CAUSES FUMES AT 161 E GRAND AVE NEAR ST CLAIR ST, CHICAGO -- LEVEL II HAZMAT

    TUE JAN 24 2017 ~11:00 AM
    Chicago Fire Department
    Fumes in Building/LEVEL I HAZMAT/LEVEL II HAZMAT
    161 East Grand Avenue Chicago, IL
    Crew on arrival reports nothing showing with evacuation already underway.

    Nice Shoes and Optimus video production located at this location.

    BC1 reports a 4-story ordinary commercial building occupied.

    WIND N 9 MPH

    MVU requested to the scene, and street closures in the area.

    Closures east of St Clair, on Grand and southbound on Ohio -- and Illinois.

    Three containers in the basement with some liquid contamination that may have created a vapor that extended throughout the entire building.

    Level II Hazmat requested at 10:20 a.m.

    Wind NW 3 MPH at 10:59 a.m.

    Reports 5-1-1 going in with Level D protection for metering and SQD2 backing up 5-1-1 at 11:00 a.m.

    E42 has a DECON line established on Side A by 11:00 a.m.

    5-1-1 is out of the building with pictures and with the MSDS sheet. Building to the north and south have been metered and are OK. Building maintenance of those neighboring buildings have been advised to shut down their fresh air intake by 11:12 a.m.

    T3 working on ventilation by 11:23 a.m.

    5-1-1 working on packing the product by 11:23 a.m.
    FIRE/MEDIC UNITS ASSIGNED ...

    ENGINE(S): E42 E ??

    TRUCK(S): T3 T ?? TL ??

    SQD1 CV271

    5-1-1 (HAZ-MAT INCIDENT TEAM 1)

    RIT: BC ?? T ??

    CHIEF(S): BC1 5-1-1
    5-1-0 (DEPUTY DISTRICT CHIEF HAZMAT)

    EMS: A ?? FC ?? STANDBY A ??

    STAGING: Columbus and Ohio

    Level II Hazmat UNITS ASSIGNED ...

    ENGINE(S): E22

    TRUCK(S): T ?? T ?? TL ??

    SQD2

    RIT: BC ?? T ??

    CHIEF(S): BC3 2-1-21

    EMS: A ?? FC ?? STANDBY A ??

    STAGING: East of St Clair on Grand

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