East St. Louis,IL 5 Children Dead After Apartment Fire 8/6/2021

[mikeindabronx]

560 N. 29th Street

E-422 probably 1st due

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local...cle_bfb1bf6d-9f17-5e4b-8d1f-78e29856c5a4.html

 

[Lebby]

A fire department that has been hacked to death by budget cuts, last I checked they don't even have a truck company.

 

[CFDMarshal]

https://www.cesl.us/158/Firefighting-Hazard-Mitigation-Division. Not very much there. It would be interesting to know if they received automatic aid.4 firehouses 18 Captains, 18 Lieutenants, 17 Firefighters Total?

Not the same fire but a good indication of what the brothers of East St Louis have to work with ! https://www.statter911.com/2017/09/...-vacant-house-fire-spreads-occupied-building/