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Still And Box Alarm at 4547 S. Wolcott in Chicago on July 4th
Last set of images from Lebanon, IN on July 17, 2009
More images from Lebanon, IN on July 17, 2009
I happened upon this fire while driving through Indiana with my wife several years ago. My wife was driving and I spotted the header just off I65 north of Indianapolis, and though she wasn’t thrilled, she pulled off the highway and we found the fire.
I jumped out and started shooting. I don’t have much information about the fire. This is from the Lebanon Reporter:
Fire at Commercial Air
Firefighters from Center and Lebanon fire departments work to reach the attic of the Commercial Air Inc. storage building at 1201 Ransdell Court Friday. There were no known injuries. At press time, arson investigators were beginning to sift through the debris, searching for the cause of the 8:30 p.m. fire. The fire was declared under control about an hour later. The blaze was reported by a Center Township engine that had just been dispatched to a serious personal injury accident at the 138 mile marker of Interstate 65, just south of Lebanon. Further details were unavailable at press time.
Christmas morning was a busy one for fire companies in Chicago’s 18th Battalion as they battled 2 still & box alarm fires within hours of each other. The first was in the 6900 block of South Throop and occurred at about 0730 hrs. The second occurred less than a mile from the first, on the 6500 block of South Marshfield. The second fire was dispatched at 1010 hrs. I arrived about 25 minutes in and smoke was still pouring fairly heavily from the roof. The 18th Battalion Chief boxed this fire shortly after arrival, reporting a fire in the basement with fire on the first and moving to the second. The building was a 25 x 60, occupied 2-flat. 4 lines were used, all from Engine 116 which was the only engine flowing water. The box was struck at 1105 hrs. 10 residents were displaced by this incident.
Eric Haak