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06-12-2013, 08:39 AM

this was Taylor and LaSalle

06-12-2013, 08:40 AM

I like the Sutphen towers..mainly cause we don't have many in the Chicago area

06-12-2013, 08:40 AM

This suction hose had 2 really bad kinks in it...

06-12-2013, 08:41 AM

you can tell a little better in this shot

06-12-2013, 08:42 AM

Old Engine 11..now owned by a DFD group of some kind..

06-12-2013, 08:43 AM

We were right around the corner for this..reported a s a commercial..rubbish in a burned out apt bldg..

06-12-2013, 08:44 AM

we don't get to many jobs downtown like this one

06-12-2013, 08:45 AM

I like this shot because of the huge vacant in the background..the fire was not in this building..a smaller one down the street

06-12-2013, 09:20 AM

The rest of the day was absolutely dead...we were at the drug store to

get some provisions when were heard Highland park go to a porch fire.

The officer questioned the dispatch saying there were no buildings left

at the given intersection. We responded anyway.".just in case". We

arrived before they had gotten water to the tower. A few anxious moments

were heard on the radio..something to the effect of get some water on

the handlines or we will burn up the rig! As we have often said, these

guys have almost no manpower, and 2 of the 3 rigs are in really bad

shape. They had to stretch several hundred feet of LDH to get a working

hydrant. It sounds like both of these dwellings were pretty much rolling

when they arrived. The radiant heat was such that you could hardly get

near these things. You cant tell from the photos but these were big 2

1/2 story frames..the last ones remaining on the block...