The city had been buffeted by sustained high winds for a full day at the time of this job, and still high wind gusts throughout the event as well as miserably cold conditions. Two buildings were involved with some minor communication to a 3rd larger building. I believe the original fire building may have been a pizza joint. Rumor had it that high winds caused arcing power lines which ignited the siding, though I’m not sure how accurate this is. The streets in this area were raised so from street level they appear to be single-story buildings but in the rear they are two stories, a unique situation in this area. All the photos and video can be seen here:
Steve Redick
![Chicago FD Truck 17 working at a fire](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/A34A5000_AuroraHDR2019-edit-600x447.png)
![Chicago FD Squad 5A working at a fire](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/A34A5008_AuroraHDR2019-edit-600x390.png)
![heavy smoke from commercial building fire](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/A34A5045_AuroraHDR2019-edit-536x600.png)
![Firefighters operate hose line at smokey fire scene](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/A34A5053-600x332.png)
![heavy smoke from commercial building fire](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/A34A5062_AuroraHDR2019-edit-2-600x402.png)
![Chicago FD Squad 5A working at a fire](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/A34A5182-600x399.png)
![heavy smoke from commercial building fire](https://firescenes.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/A34A5132_AuroraHDR2019-edit_0-600x399.png)