WAREHOUSE FIRE WITH PALLETS BURNING: 4-11 FIRE ON SOUTH CALIFORNIA AVE, CHICAGO

WED SEP 11 2013 ~10:50 PM
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
4-11/WAREHOUSE FIRE
3710 S CALIFORNIA CHICAGO, IL

ENG 65 ON ARRIVAL REPORTS SOME SMOKE COMING FROM THE WAREHOUSE AT ABOUT 10:46 PM AND THEN "LARGE VOLUME OF FIRE" AND PROBLEMS WITH WATER SUPPLY. REQUESTS STILL AND BOX AT ABOUT 10:48 PM. TWO-STORY 25 X 75 FULLY-INVOLVED WAREHOUSE. PALLETS INSIDE THE WAREHOUSE.

INLINE OPERATION IN PLACE, AS ONLY ONE HYDRANT ON CALIFORNIA AVAILABLE NEARBY. STAGING AT 39TH AND CALIFORNIA.

TRK 32 AT SECTOR 1. TRK 52 FOLLOWING ENG 65. BOX ENGINE 123.

BC 13 RIT, TRK 33 RIT

BC 16 PLANS CHIEF, BC 20 SAFETY

2-11 AT 10:59 AM.
3-11 AT 11:25 PM.

2-7-1 REPORTS (11:52 PM) ONE AERIAL, THREE TOWER LADDERS, ONE SNORKEL BASKET WITH BUILDING COLLAPSE AND FIRE JUMPING FIREWALL AND EXPOSING ANOTHER 100 FEET OF BUILDING.

4-11 AT 12:03 AM (ORDERS OF 2-1-5).

60 X 350 WITH TOTAL ROOF COLLAPSE REPORTED AT ABOUT 3:07 AM.

STRUCK OUT AT ABOUT 4:08 AM. NO INJURIES REPORTED

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