The Cardinal

Incredible video from Miro Antas, who was on the scene within minutes of the initial fire response as the furniture warehouse became thoroughly involved with fire (Part 2). Miros Antas was on the scene at the southwest corner of a 300×100 square foot furniture warehouse fire. The fire was originally reported on the northwest side [...]

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Video showing heavy fire in a warehouse almost a city block long Saturday afternoon near Western Avenue and 21st Street. Chicago firefighters on Engine 23 responded about 1:08 p.m. to a report of a rubbish fire in the 2500 block of West Cullerton Street and requested a full still alarm after driving around to 21st [...]

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VIDEO: 5-11 extra alarm warehouse fire on West Nelson Street near California Avenue and Belmont Avenue. Chicago firefighters and paramedics responded about 1:30 AM Sunday to a water flow alarm at a warehouse (200X150 square feet), which was heavily charged with smoke in the 2600 block of West Nelson Street. Chicago firefighters arrived on the [...]

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VIDEO: Defensive operations at extra-alarm fire at Roy’s Home Furnishings, 2455 North Sheffield. Chicago Fire Department responded about 3:20 p.m. Tuesday at Roy’s Home Furnishings furniture store, located in the 2400 block of North Sheffield Avenue. Trains on the CTA’s Red, Purple and Brown Lines were stopped on the north side during rush hour, but [...]

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Broken windows after a quick stop on a warehouse fire in Elk Grove Village. Elk Grove Village firefighter/paramedics and police responded about 12:10 p.m. Sunday to a report of a fire in a warehouse at 2250 Touhy Avenue. Firefighters received a report that the fire was in an office kitchen inside a warehouse. First firefighters [...]

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VIDEO: Fire at a paper recovery and recycling facility with firefighters working to remove and extinguish quantities of paper and plastic at 600 Thomas Drive in Bensenville, Illinois. Bensenville Fire Department requested an extra alarm response for a fire at a warehouse at 600 Thomas Drive about 2:45 p.m. Wednesday. A large warehouse functions as [...]

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A multi-alarm blaze that burned for hours was declared under control after it consumed the vacant Reliable Tire Co. factory building in southern New Jersey and damaged several nearby row homes. A 12-alarm fire at an abandoned tire warehouse/factory burned out of control Thursday. Initial calls for the fire were reported about 4:00 p.m. Thursday [...]

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Sixteen Australian fire crews used high-powered hoses to fight a massive blaze at a paint factory that produced a huge plume of smoke and forced evacuations in the Sydney suburb of Mount Druitt. A warehouse marked NCS Resins containing more than 20,000 liters of solvent and resin was hit by a massive fire that began [...]

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TV Video news team from Los Angeles catches titanium explosion and firefighters hosing down a fire engine to protect it from exposure to intense heat. A fire and explosion at a titanium storage warehouse at 731 or 761 E. Slauson Ave, Los Angeles blew pieces of molten titanium shrapnel into the air, and injured three [...]

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