BOAT FIRE AT SUNSET BAY MARINA NEAR TORRENCE AVE AND 136TH ST, CHICAGO

    TUE MAY 27 2014 ~5:07 AM
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    BOAT FIRE/WORKING FIRE
    136TH ST AND TORRENCE AVE CHICAGO, IL

    REPORTED AS A RUBBISH FIRE. E97 ON ARRIVAL REPORTS A BOAT IS ON FIRE OUTSIDE OF THE STORAGE BUILDING. REPORTED AS A "SMALL VESSEL" ON FIRE.

    BC24 REPORTS 20-FOOT DRY-DOCKED BOAT ON FIRE . E97 HAS ONE LINE LED OUT. FIRE IT OUT BY ABOUT 5:18 AM.

    T62 IS CUTTING A HOLE IN THE SIDE OF THE HULL OF THE BOAT TO MAKE SURE NOBODY IS INSIDE.

    SEARCH WAS NEGATIVE; NOBODY WAS ABOARD THE DRY-DOCKED BOAT.

    ENGINE(S): E97

    TRUCK(S): T62

    CHIEF(S): BC24

    SUNSET BAY MARINA IS LOCATED AT 13601 S CALHOUN AVE, CHICAGO -- 80-SLIP BOAT MOORAGE ON LITTLE CALUMET RIVER JUST SOUTH OF O'BRIEN LOCKS.

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