BUILDING COLLAPSE NO INJURIES ON SOUTH EVANS AVE, CHICAGO

    SAT JAN 19 2013 ~11:00 PM
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    STILL & BOX ALARM/BUILDING COLLAPSE
    6324 S EVANS AVE CHICAGO, IL

    BN 17 REQUESTS STILL AND BOX FOR A BUILDING COLLAPSE OF 2.5 STORY FRAME. REPORTED AS A PANCAKE COLLAPSE OF A VACANT HOUSE. LIGHT WAGON ON SCENE.

    BUILDING DEPARTMENT ALSO RESPONDED TO THE SCENE. BUILDING WAS DAMAGE SEVERAL MONTHS PRIOR BY A FIRE, AND MAY HAVE BEEN BLOWN OVER LAST NIGHT BY HIGH WINDS. A WIND ADVISORY WAS IN EFFECT WITH THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS AT ABOUT 50 MPH SATURDAY NIGHT.

    THE BUILDING WAS UNDERGOING REPAIRS AFTER THE FIRE AND PRIOR TO THE COLLAPSE.

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