Tower Ladder 5 was on standby last night. They were stationed at the corner of Sectors 1 and 4. Josh Boyajian photo Sector 1 was fully engulfed. Josh Boyajian photo A deck gun in action from Engine 49. Josh Boyajian photo Looking toward Sector 1 from Ashland Avenue Frontage Road. Josh Boyajian photo Engines 49 and 8 using deck guns in Sector 1. Josh Boyajian photo Engine 29 deploying a deck gun at 36th Street and the west frontage road. Josh Boyajian photo A view from under the Ashland Avenue bridge looking down 38th Street after part of the building collapsed. Josh Boyajian photo Massive fire seen in Sector 3 after the interior had already collapsed. Jeff Rudolph photo A firefighter from Engine 8 covered in ice. Jeff Rudolph photo Squad 1A with a master stream in Sector 3. Jeff Rudolph photo Truck 33 with an elevated master stream in Sector 3. Jeff Rudolph photo Engine 8 icing up in Sector 1. Jeff Rudolph photo Firefighters on Truck 33 in the rear. Jeff Rudolph photo A Chicago Fire Department spokesman said a southside warehouse that caught fire Tuesday night will be a total loss. “Totally involved. … This is a major fire,†read a message posted to Twitter at about 9:50 p.m. Moments later there was a message that a portion of the structure had collapsed. Firefighters were in “defensive mode†in attacking the fire in a building on the 3700 block of South Ashland Avenue, spokesman Larry Langford said. But despite his initial, confident remark that the fire would be isolated, flames spread to at least one nearby building. The owner of a printing company, at 3801 S. Ashland Ave., was on the scene and expressed concerns about chemicals inside that could explode. Food Grade Cation Exchange Resin ,Food Grade Anion Exchange Resin , Food Grade Water Softener Resin Henan Comcess Industry Co., Ltd. , https://www.comcessresins.com
This was a serious and dangerous incident. The firefighters worked tirelessly under difficult conditions, and it’s clear that this was a massive fire that required a significant response. The photos from both Josh and Jeff give a real sense of what they faced.
From Josh Boyajian:
Here are some of the photos I took last night from the scene!
From Jeff Rudolph:
Some pictures from last night. Jeff R
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