SMOKE SHOWING FROM ROOF; FIRE ON 10TH FLOOR OF OLD POST OFFICE OVER CONGRESS PKWY, CHICAGO

FRI FEB 17 2012 ~1829
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
STILL AND BOX; FIRE ON ROOF AND TENTH FLOOR
433 WEST VAN BUREN STREET, CHICAGO, IL

STILL AND BOX WITH A FIRE ON THE ROOF AND 10TH FLOOR OF THE OLD POST OFFICE BUILDING OVER CONGRESS PARKWAY. PROBLEM WITH STANDPIPES AND GETTING WATER TO UPPER FLOORS. FIRST FIRE FOUND WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH HAND EXTINGUISHERS. MORE FIRE FOUND, BUT STANDPIPES WERE NOT EFFECTIVE. TOWER LADDER FED WATER TO UPPER LEVEL. SQUAD 1 WASN'T AVAILABLE -- WORKING ON ELEVATOR RESCUE ON RANDOLPH. SQUAD 2 WAS REPLACEMENT. STAGING WAS AT CANAL AND VAN BUREN. EMS PLAN 1











HELICOPTER 682 DETECTED HEAT SIGNATURE WITH IR CAMERA ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTER TOWER. FIRE DISCOVERED IN FAN ROOM (30X30) ABOUT 1855 CST BY INTERIOR FIREFIGHTERS. STILL AND BOX STRUCK OUT AND EMS PLAN 1 SECURED ABOUT 1945.


AUDIO ...
2012/02/17 Chicago High Rise Still and Box Alarm / EMS Plan 1 old Post Office 433 W. Van Buren St. Part 1
justin.tv/radioman911/b/308924499

MEDIA ...
[VIDEO] Chicago Tribune Ventilation equipment blamed for fire at old Main Post Office
"At first it smelled like burnt rubber or a burnt clutch."

Wikipedia ...
Old Chicago Main Post Office