Chicago Fire Department
APARTMENT FIRE/Working Fire/MAYDAY/Still & Box
4926 W Potomac Ave Chicago, IL
UPDATE: Chicago Fire Department media reports there were four injured firefighters with "all stable at moment". Firefighters were injured by a backdraft and suffered first- and second-degree burns. Firefighters were wearing SCBA masks and some had to jump out of windows to escape the heat. They are under close observation for respiratory complications. Five civilians were assessed by paramedics and refused transportation. Six residents were displaced.
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4 firefighters injured in apartment building fire on West Side: https://t.co/eS9Q0juoAC pic.twitter.com/0FKscS4TOE— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) July 31, 2016
4 firefighters hurt battling fire at 4921 w Potomac. All stable now at Stroger hospital via @CFDMedia. @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/0jmdiwNfLb— Sandra Torres CBS 2 (@SandraTorresL) July 31, 2016
“If the neighbor wouldn’t have knocked on the door, been banging and hollering, we would have all been dead..." https://t.co/MmroB0Eyvd
— FOX 32 News (@fox32news) July 31, 2016
Report of an apartment fire.
E117 crew on arrival reports light smoke by 12:09 p.m.
TL14 eastbound Side A.
BC18 reports A 2-story ordinary, 25x50 with a fire in the rear and a main to the roof by 12:14 pm.
BC18 reports they have a MAYDAY and are conducting a role.
BC18 reports finished with PAR and all members are accounted for.
271 reports three lines on the fire with slight extension to 4929 Potomac.
Two firefighters injured and transported to Cook County Stroger Hospital.
A52 transporting one firefighter Code Red to Cook County Stroger Hospital.
A23 transporting one firefighter Code Yellow (status changed to Code Red) to Cook County Stroger Hospital. A23 was initially transporting to West Suburban Hospital but was changed to Cook County.
A64 transporting one firefighter to Cook County Stroger -- updated by 12:43 pm.
A62 transporting a fourth firefighter Code Red to Stroger Hospital by 12:56 pm.
UNITS ASSIGNED ...
ENGINE(S): E117 E ??
TRUCK(S): T ?? T ?? TL14
SQD ?? CV271
RIT: BC8 T29
CHIEF(S): BC18
EMS: A23 FC ?? STANDBY A52
STAGING:
MAY DAY/STILL AND BOX ALARM/EMS PLAN 1 AT 12:15 PM
ENGINE(S):
TRUCK(S):
SQUAD(S):
MAYDAY RIT: BC14 T58
EMS: A62 A64
CHIEF(S): 224 213 215 2-1-29 481
BC7 Box Chief
BC17 Plans Chief
SPECIAL: Collapse Unit 5-2-1
STAGING: Division and Lavergne
EMS PLAN 1 secured by 12:55 pm on orders of 2-2-4.
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