OAK PARK FIRE DEPARTMENT
COMMERCIAL BUILDING FIRE AND EXPLOSION/BOX ALARM 3RD LEVEL/EMS BOX 2ND LEVEL
6520 ROOSEVELT RD OAK PARK, IL
MABAS DIVISION 11 BOX ALARM TO THE THIRD LEVEL ON BOX #601 FOR A STRUCTURE FIRE WITH A BUILDING COLLAPSE AT THE FLEET MAINTENANCE GARAGE OF TURANO BAKING COMPANY. FIRE AND EXPLOSION WAS POSSIBLY CAUSED WHEN A PROPANE TANK BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN EMPTY, WAS ACTUALLY FULL, AND THE PROPANE GAS WAS IGNITED BY CONTACT WITH HEATER ELEMENTS OR OTHER IGNITION SOURCE IN THE GARAGE.
AT LEAST ONE PATIENT TRANSPORTED TO LOYOLA -- POSSIBLY WITH SEVERE BURNS. THREE PATIENTS WERE TRANSPORTED TO RUSH OAK PARK HOSPITAL.
HEAVY SMOKE DISPERSING IN THE AREA ...
NW 18 G 26 MPH AT 3:53 PM.
Turano Bakery in Oak Park. Explosion & collapse.. pic.twitter.com/oaZwt3H4jB
— marcella raymond (@MarcellaWGN) November 11, 2014
ENGINE(S): NORTH RIVERSIDE, STICKNEY, MAYWOOD, CICERO, BROADVIEW, ELMWOOD PARK
TRUCK(S): RIVER FOREST T219, BERWYN T908, CICERO TF12, WESTCHESTER T25
SQUAD(S): ??
EMS: BERWYN
CHIEF(S): ALL DIVISION 11 CHIEFS, INCLUDING BROADVIEW CHIEF7
SPECIAL: BERWYN
CHANGE OF QUARTERS: ??
STAGING: ??
EMS BOX FOR A STRUCTURE FIRE WITH BUILDING COLLAPSE AT 2:25 PM.
EMS: RIVER FOREST, FOREST PARK, AND CICERO
EMS BOX 2ND LEVEL AT 2:36 PM
EMS: CICERO, NORTH RIVERSIDE, ELMWOOD PARK
BOX ALARM STRUCK OUT AT 4:21 PM.
WATCH LIVE: 3-alarm fire reported at Turano Bakery - http://t.co/HnQr30PwOR pic.twitter.com/AAU8tYV1rz
— WGN TV News (@WGNNews) November 11, 2014
Extra-alarm fire at what is believed to be garage for Turano Baking Co. http://t.co/qAoNf1vujA pic.twitter.com/HBtkBv8r3B
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) November 11, 2014
SMOKE OUT: smoke enveloping Roosevelt. 1/2 mile from Turano Bakery explosion / fire. Breaking @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/Vwod3UNWB2
— Brad Edwards (@tvbrad) November 11, 2014
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