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Spectacular 4th Alarm Fire Northlake IL 2200 Mannheim Tire warehouse 2/15/14 - Guest - 02-16-2014
As I arrived...this really evolved into a heavy fire condition
Spectacular 4th Alarm Fire Northlake IL 2200 Mannheim Tire warehouse 2/15/14 - Guest - 02-16-2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35NMtECUDPs
Spectacular 4th Alarm Fire Northlake IL 2200 Mannheim Tire warehouse 2/15/14 - Guest - 02-16-2014
lots more to follow, but going to a FD bowling outing today so may not post back til mon or tues...stay tuned!!
Spectacular 4th Alarm Fire Northlake IL 2200 Mannheim Tire warehouse 2/15/14 - gmuhr - 02-16-2014
Great stuff!
Can't wait to see more!
Spectacular 4th Alarm Fire Northlake IL 2200 Mannheim Tire warehouse 2/15/14 - hank - 02-16-2014
Good photo and great video!
tHANKs
Spectacular 4th Alarm Fire Northlake IL 2200 Mannheim Tire warehouse 2/15/14 - Guest - 02-19-2014
I didn't forget you guys..will be updating today..stay tuned!!
Spectacular 4th Alarm Fire Northlake IL 2200 Mannheim Tire warehouse 2/15/14 - Truckman - 02-19-2014
Steve, as always great images!!
Spectacular 4th Alarm Fire Northlake IL 2200 Mannheim Tire warehouse 2/15/14 - Guest - 02-19-2014
After losing a day to the infamous Lombard Firemen's Bowling outing I now have some time to send out the photos. The fire was at 2200 N Mannheim rd, a block or 2 from the Leyden firehouse, but ultimately I'm told the fire wound up being in Northlake. The fire building was used as a tire shop, apparently with lots of storage and recycling operations as well. The initial alarm was a "company still" from the Leyden firehouse, and they reported heavy smoke and pretty much boxed it on arrival. Ultimately went to 4 alarms and an interdivisional MABAS request to division 3 as well. (5 engines I think)..Later, after I left, the Chicago foam task force came in for some final mop up stuff with some AFFF.
I arrived about the time they went to the 3rd alarm and was able to get some good early shots of a quickly advancing fire condition. As you saw in the previous video there was a collapse of part of the front wall early in the fire. This appears from the aerial view to have been a bow string truss building. Water was not easy to come by, frozen hydrants reported and some very long and time consuming engines in line operations. A serious exposure to the west was a small frame dwelling that was a little worse for wear but was protected under some very tough conditions. This fire was the result of what was obviously a very heavy fire load, and because it was all tires it basically turned into a flammable liquids type fire with some nearly unbelievable fire conditions. I imagine some of the apparatus sustained some heat damage. Weather conditions were cold, with a pre exsisting heavy snow accumulation.
Spectacular 4th Alarm Fire Northlake IL 2200 Mannheim Tire warehouse 2/15/14 - Guest - 02-19-2014
Franklin Park truck..love the black over red
Spectacular 4th Alarm Fire Northlake IL 2200 Mannheim Tire warehouse 2/15/14 - Guest - 02-19-2014
Working my way around to the south side of the scene
Spectacular 4th Alarm Fire Northlake IL 2200 Mannheim Tire warehouse 2/15/14 - Guest - 02-19-2014
Available light version
Spectacular 4th Alarm Fire Northlake IL 2200 Mannheim Tire warehouse 2/15/14 - Guest - 02-19-2014
Leyden quint setting up...waiting for water
Spectacular 4th Alarm Fire Northlake IL 2200 Mannheim Tire warehouse 2/15/14 - Guest - 02-19-2014
Really starting to take off
Spectacular 4th Alarm Fire Northlake IL 2200 Mannheim Tire warehouse 2/15/14 - Guest - 02-19-2014
Hard to believe this is the result of just tires
Spectacular 4th Alarm Fire Northlake IL 2200 Mannheim Tire warehouse 2/15/14 - Guest - 02-19-2014
I gotta confess I was gettin' a little nervous
Spectacular 4th Alarm Fire Northlake IL 2200 Mannheim Tire warehouse 2/15/14 - Guest - 02-19-2014
That column is at least 150 feet high
Spectacular 4th Alarm Fire Northlake IL 2200 Mannheim Tire warehouse 2/15/14 - Guest - 02-19-2014
pretty intense, trying to keep the rig cool
Spectacular 4th Alarm Fire Northlake IL 2200 Mannheim Tire warehouse 2/15/14 - Guest - 02-19-2014
Northlake truck setting up...long wait for water..engines in line
Spectacular 4th Alarm Fire Northlake IL 2200 Mannheim Tire warehouse 2/15/14 - Guest - 02-19-2014
Pretty wild to see this in a non tank farm area...
Spectacular 4th Alarm Fire Northlake IL 2200 Mannheim Tire warehouse 2/15/14 - Guest - 02-19-2014
gettin' water