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2-Alarm fire in Plymouth Township, MI – September 4, 2020

Posted by firescenesadmin on September 5, 2020
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FRIDAY 9-4-2020 DATELINE PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP 2ND ALARM + HAZMAT @ 9075 General Dr. – Commercial Structure Fire (defensive) with hazmat situation (chemicals inside) Plymouth Township engines 1/2 ladder 3 medic 1/2/3 batt 3 & BC3

requested 2nd alarm – -M/A – Canton (Truck X2) {ladder 1 tower ladder 1 medic 1/2}, Northville Twp (Batt, Engine, Rescue) {engine 1, batt chief, medic 1}, Plymouth City (engine){ engine 1701}, Livonia (Engine, Tower) { batt 1. tower 1, engine 6 medic 3/4/6} city of Northville (ladder) {tower ladder 1722} , Westland (Engine) {engine 1}, Inkster (Chief, Rescue) {chief 1, medic 6} -Redford for change of quarters unknown as to which city and or township -DTE requested, wires down -Livonia launching drones for aerial view -shutting down Mettetal (1D2) airport operations @1721

Pierce Enforcer fire engine at work
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Residential gas explosion in Chicago – February 22, 2014

Posted by firescenesadmin on February 24, 2014
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1300 block of Cullerton, in Chicago. Still & Box, Level 1 Hazmat, and EMS Plan 1.  Gas explosion.  25 x 70 2 1/2 story frame. Two burn victims,  3 lines & a tower ladder were deployed.

 Dan Shevlin

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Chicago FD American LaFrance tower ladder

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residential gas explosion

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residential gas explosion

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Chicago FD Spartan fire engine

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residential gas explosion

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Chicago 4-11 Alarm fire, April 29, 2007 (more)

Posted by firescenesadmin on December 25, 2013
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Steve Redick forwarded this video of the 4-11 Alarm fire in Chicago on April 29, 2007

Chicago 4-11 Alarm fire, April 29, 2007

Posted by firescenesadmin on December 24, 2013
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Just after sunrise on Sunday morning, April 29, 2007, fire engulfed this old Chicago warehouse in the 2100 block of West Carroll on the near west side.  There is a great video on YouTube of the scene before companies even arrived which was filmed by residents living in the building at the end of the street.  The 100 x 250, 3-story heavy timber building was fully involved before Engine 26 and Truck 7 arrived, sending thick smoke throughout the neighborhoods for miles to the north.  The building was being renovated into lofts at the time.  I arrived in time to capture the second collapse of the sector 1 wall which you can see in the first two images.

 

Chicago firefighters battle warehouse fire

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Chicago firefighters battle warehouse fire

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Chicago firefighters battle warehouse fire

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Chicago Fire Commissioner Ray Orozco

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Chicago firemen in Snorkel basket

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Chicago firefighters battle warehouse fire

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Chicago firemen silhouette with Snorkel

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Chicago firefighters battle warehouse fire

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Chicago 2-11 Alarm fire – September 28, 2009

Posted by firescenesadmin on December 7, 2013
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All the regulars were out at this one, Redick, Nord, Olk.  I don’t believe that any of their shots appeared on any sites other than their own.  My pictures from that day have not been seen before so here they are.

This fire broke out in a 125 x 75 1-story auto body supply store in the late morning hours of September 28, 2009.  The building was located on the 2300 block of South Pulaski on the city’s west side and fighting the blaze was made a little more difficult by the presence of elevated railroad tracks in sector 4.  Eventually Tower Ladder 5, Tower Ladder 54 and Squad 1A all used elevated streams and companies were placed on the roof of the sector 3 exposure with a line as well.

large 2-alarm fire in Chicago

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large 2-alarm fire in Chicago

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large 2-alarm fire in Chicago

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large 2-alarm fire in Chicago

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large 2-alarm fire in Chicago

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large 2-alarm fire in Chicago

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large 2-alarm fire in Chicago

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3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago December 25, 2008

Posted by firescenesadmin on September 19, 2013
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Eric Haak shares images from a 3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago on Christmas day in 2008

Here are some photos of a Christmas Day fire in a rendering facility in Chicago’s old stockyards area.  The fire broke out on the 3800 block of South Morgan just after noon and was quickly upgraded to a 3-11 as temperatures hovered in the teens.  The fire was contained to one section of the plant and the company remains in business today.  A Level I Hazardous Materials response was also given for this incident as well.  

 

Chicago Fire Department

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Chicago Fire Department

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Chicago Fire Department

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Chicago Fire Department

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Chicago Fire Department

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Chicago Fire Department

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