The Chicago Fire Department responded to this fire in the 1900 Block of West Devon at 0330 on Sunday morning (2/15/15). It was eventually elevated to a still and box alarm and companies went defensive. What you can’t see in the images is that the building was a t-shape and had a fairly large extension off the back of the building. Police did rescue one resident who was transported to a local hospital. Temperatures were around zero degrees causing everything in the vicinity to ice over. I took the opportunity to take some images of a few engine companies I don’t often get to shoot.
Cell phone images from Brad Bartley at the scene of a Still & Box Alarm fire at 1863 N. Sheffield in Chicago (01:15AM, 11/18/14) that was eventually upgraded to a 3-11 Alarm.