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TUES., MAY 27, 2014
0507 hours
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
WORKING FIRE - BOAT FIRE
136TH ST. and TORRENCE AVE.
CHICAGO, IL
INITIALLY REPORTED AS A RUBBISH FIRE. ENGINE CO. 97 ON ARRIVAL REPORTS A BOAT ON FIRE, ON DRY LAND, OUTSIDE OF THE STORAGE BUILDING. REPORTED AS A "SMALL VESSEL" AT THIS TIME.
B.C. 24: Boat is a 15 to 20-FOOT LONG, DRY-DOCKED BOAT ON FIRE. ENGINE CO. 97 has 1 - L/S/O.
Truck 62 IS CUTTING A HOLE IN THE SIDE OF THE HULL OF THE BOAT TO MAKE SURE NOBODY IS INSIDE AND TO ASSIST GETTING AT THE FIRE.
THIS IS AT "SUNSET BAY MARINA," LOCATED AT 13601 So. CALHOUN AVE. -- IT'S AN 80-SLIP BOAT MOORAGE ON the LITTLE CALUMET RIVER, JUST SOUTH OF the O?BRIEN LOCKS.
SEARCHES ARE NEGATIVE; NOBODY WAS ABOARD THE DRY-DOCKED BOAT. FIRE IS OUT. WE WILL BE HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
ABOUT 0518 hours.
ENGINE Co. 97
TRUCK Co. 62
Battalion 24
0507 hours
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
WORKING FIRE - BOAT FIRE
136TH ST. and TORRENCE AVE.
CHICAGO, IL
INITIALLY REPORTED AS A RUBBISH FIRE. ENGINE CO. 97 ON ARRIVAL REPORTS A BOAT ON FIRE, ON DRY LAND, OUTSIDE OF THE STORAGE BUILDING. REPORTED AS A "SMALL VESSEL" AT THIS TIME.
B.C. 24: Boat is a 15 to 20-FOOT LONG, DRY-DOCKED BOAT ON FIRE. ENGINE CO. 97 has 1 - L/S/O.
Truck 62 IS CUTTING A HOLE IN THE SIDE OF THE HULL OF THE BOAT TO MAKE SURE NOBODY IS INSIDE AND TO ASSIST GETTING AT THE FIRE.
THIS IS AT "SUNSET BAY MARINA," LOCATED AT 13601 So. CALHOUN AVE. -- IT'S AN 80-SLIP BOAT MOORAGE ON the LITTLE CALUMET RIVER, JUST SOUTH OF the O?BRIEN LOCKS.
SEARCHES ARE NEGATIVE; NOBODY WAS ABOARD THE DRY-DOCKED BOAT. FIRE IS OUT. WE WILL BE HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
ABOUT 0518 hours.
ENGINE Co. 97
TRUCK Co. 62
Battalion 24