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Chicago 3-11 Alarm 5727 N Kimball November 9, 2014
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<div>I took in a tragic 3-11 alarm EMS Plan 1 fire early Sunday morning at 5727 Kimball. This is the far north side of the city in an area that seldom sees any fire. The building was a very large u shaped fully occupied apartment building, and the fire ocurred about 0300. By listening to the radio traffic they reported jumpers on the ground, people trapped and a burned out stairwell. This was a nasty job. I arrived shortly after the 2-11 , and observed some heavy fire conditions. Judging by the radio traffic the fire had posession of most of the top floor and cockloft. They did go defensive for a while but the majority seemed to be tough interior work pulling ceilings and attempting to access the heavy fire conditions in the cockloft area. An 8 year old child was killed and numerous others were injured..some by jumping. I am enclosing a selection of images and a link to the video as well. I also have an aerial view from Apple maps that gives a good idea of the size of the building.
 In November of 2007 I was at a 2-11 in the same building...</div>
Steve



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Companies were making a hasty retreat from the roof as I arrived



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Available light version



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89 opened up with the deck gun



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#5
smoke got pretty nasty



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#6
more of the same



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I like this one a lot



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Flash version



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TL 23



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Through the roof in the center portion



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They hit a lot of fire



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TL 21 set up as well



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reached into the throat a bit



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had a bad hydrant..wound up going in-line with 124



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one of the newer trucks



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These guys were 2nd due engine



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#17
B&W kinda cool looking



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#18
A rare shot...79 is from a very quiet residential area..they never see any fires



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#19
fire was through the roof like this for over an hour....



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One of the Pierce trucks



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