Boat Fire at Burnham Harbor Near Linn White Drive, Chicago — Just West of Soldier Field

#ad▼

Police and firefighter/paramedics from Chicago responded about 3:8 p.m. Saturday August 8, 2020 to a report of a boat fire in the block of 1500 Linn White Drive at Burnham Harbor. Aerial Tower 1’s crew on arrival reported a boat fully-involved with fire. The boat was located near boat launch by the master’s office off of Linn White Drive.

The fire was reported “knocked a little bit” by the deck gun from Engine 13’s crew by 3:23 p.m. Engine 1 (fire boat) was also leading out a line.

Three individuals were on the boat, and one person was injured. One patient was transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

A 33-34 foot boat was in the slip connected to a trailer and white pickup truck. Firefighters were able to pull the boat to land. Salvage and overhaul was underway by about 3:30 p.m.

The fire was declared out by 3:51 p.m.

IMPORTANT CARDINAL NEWS article features video(s) available on Twitter. You may need to touch the play button twice, or touch and hold the play button or image and select ‘Open’ from a popup menu to get the video to play or to see an entire image. ▶






The information in this article is an early report published before any summary information was confirmed or released by police or fire authorities.

DEVELOPING IF CONTENT IS AVAILABLE …




Stay informed with news from The Cardinal’s Emergencies Behind the Scenes Facebook page — Facebook.com/CardinalEmergencies. Includes links to favorite public safety and emergency rescuers and product manufacturers and safety companies that have facebook pages. Submit your pictures or just stay up-to-date on with fire, rescue, EMS and police photo galleries. Please add your public safety photo to the wall album — go direct to the Arlington Cardinal Emergencies Behind the Scenes photos. For a list of all of The Cardinal Facebook fan pages, go to Arlingtoncardinal.com/about/facebook …


Help fund The Cardinal Arlingtoncardinal.com/sponsor

Search Amazon …

Search for products sold on Amazon:

Arlingtoncardinal.com is an Amazon Associate website, which means that a small percentage of your purchases gets paid to Arlingtoncardinal.com at no extra cost to you. When you use the search boxes above, any Amazon banner ad, or any product associated with an Amazon banner on this website, you help pay expenses related to maintaining Arlingtoncardinal.com and creating new services and ideas for a resourceful website. See more info at Arlingtoncardinal.com/AdDisclosure