WAREHOUSE FIRE ON WEST 21ST STREET, CHICAGO

SAT DEC 29 2012 ~1:15 PM
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
4-11 ALARM/WAREHOUSE FIRE
2444 WEST 21ST CHICAGO, IL

THREE-STORY WAREHOUSE 300X150 WITH FIRE THROUGHOUT. STAGING IS AT CERMAK AND WESTERN. ENTIRE WAREHOUSE DESTROYED. OVER 10 MASTER STREAMS. TOWER LADDER 39, SNORKEL AND OTHER AERIAL OPS AT WORK. EMS PLAN I AND HAZMAT LEVEL I.

POSSIBLE BURNING FIRE AT GAS LINE ON SOUTH SIDE OF BUILDING. GAS COMPANY DIGGING UP 21ST STREET SOUTH OF BUILDING TO SHUT OFF GAS LINE.

POWER SHUT OFF IN AREA ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF FIRE SCENE NEAR CERMAK AND WESTERN. CTA PINK LINE SHUT DOWN BETWEEN POLK AND CENTRAL WITH AERIAL OPS WORKING ON NORTH SIDE OF BUILDING OVER ELEVATED TRACKS.

FIRE EXTENDED TO SALVATION ARMY THRIFT STORE EAST OF WAREHOUSE.

4-11 STRUCK OUT AT ABOUT 3:50 PM. MASTER STREAMS ON WALLS TO FORCE WALL COLLAPSES.

NO REPORTED INJURIES. SMOKE FILLED THE AIR IN THE HEART OF CHICAGO AND PILSEN NEIGHBORHOODS SOUTHEAST OF FIRE BUILDING.

OFI ON SCENE -- POSSIBLY FOCUSING ON ORIGIN ON NORTHWEST SIDE OF BUILDING.

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