MACHINE FIRE IN DEEP TUNNEL NEAR THORNTON QUARRY, SOUTH HOLLAND

    WED FEB 15 2012 ~1230
    SOUTH HOLLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT
    FIRE IN GENERATOR OR COMPRESSOR
    GATE G NEAR MARGARET AND HUBBARD, SOUTH HOLLAND, IL

    GENERATOR OR COMPRESSOR BURNING WITH HEAVY, BLACK SMOKE. PROBLEM WITH RADIO COMMUNICATIONS. WALSH CONSTRUCTION ASSISTED WITH EVACUATION. ONE WORKER LIFTED IN BASKET; FOUR OTHERS WALKED OUT ON THEIR OWN. THORNTON AND HOMEWOOD AMBULANCE TO GATE G. MABAS BOX 24 (CHANGE OF QUARTERS). FIVE EMPLOYEES EVACUATED AFTER ATTEMPTING TO EXTINGUISH FIRE. FIVE MEDICAL REFUSALS.






    NEAR LINCOLN OASIS.



    FIRENET CHICAGO, NIFG

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