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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