Virtual Fire Buffing in Chicago

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I really cranked up the wayback machine for this one...6/15/69 5-11 Alarm 1408 Indiana...I was all of 8 at the time and took this with my brand new Kodak Instamatic camera...hence the poor image quality. That is an Autocar squad working the turret gun...the first and only time I ever saw one in real life..I suspect it was a spare being used by a squad or pressure wagon maybe.....I remember 104 pulling out of the house and screaming for a 3-11..this was a 6 story building absolutely fully involved...right at rush hour on a weekday. I remember a photo in the paper (daily News??) showing an amazing fire condition.

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