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SMOKE SHOWING FROM ROOF; FIRE ON 10TH FLOOR OF OLD POST OFFICE OVER CONGRESS PKWY, CHICAGO

    FRI FEB 17 2012 ~1829
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    STILL AND BOX; FIRE ON ROOF AND TENTH FLOOR
    433 WEST VAN BUREN STREET, CHICAGO, IL

    STILL AND BOX WITH A FIRE ON THE ROOF AND 10TH FLOOR OF THE OLD POST OFFICE BUILDING OVER CONGRESS PARKWAY. PROBLEM WITH STANDPIPES AND GETTING WATER TO UPPER FLOORS. FIRST FIRE FOUND WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH HAND EXTINGUISHERS. MORE FIRE FOUND, BUT STANDPIPES WERE NOT EFFECTIVE. TOWER LADDER FED WATER TO UPPER LEVEL. SQUAD 1 WASN'T AVAILABLE -- WORKING ON ELEVATOR RESCUE ON RANDOLPH. SQUAD 2 WAS REPLACEMENT. STAGING WAS AT CANAL AND VAN BUREN. EMS PLAN 1

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