Chicago, IL-Multiple Alarm Fire With LODD(s) 12-22-10

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Date: 12-22-10

Time: 06:54 hrs CST (Approx)

Location: 1700 Blk E. 75th St

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Units Operating: Chicago FD

Weather Conditions: 23 degrees F and overcast, with wind and snow

Alarm Level: Chicago 3-11 alarm and EMS Plan 2

Description Of Incident: Firefighters operating at a fire inside a brick abandoned warehouse believed to be inhabited by several homeless squatters looking for shelter from the cold. Building possibly a former car wash or dry cleaners. Bow string truss roof. Brick wall collapsed during overhaul. Several maydays transmitted. 2 firefighter removed in critical condition, 2 firefighers still missing in rubble. Collapse team operating, front end loaders operating, and manual digging. Engines having trouble with frozen hydrants. Chicago PD escorting ambulances to the hospital and closing down routes from the scene to the hospital.

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Today is the 100th anniversaty of the Chicago Stockyard fire, which killed 21 firefighters in 1910.

0800hrs CST (Approx):Numerous firefighters digging through rubble

08:30hrs CST All firefighters accounted for, including injured

08:56hrs CST: Incident still breaking news, reported 10 firefighters injured, 2 critical, 2 missing. Department chaplain at Northwestern Memorial Hosptial, where 10 firefighters have been transported to. Press conference at hospital at 0930hrs CST to discuss condtion of firefighters transported there.

09:30hrs CST: Chicago FD and Cook County Medical Examiners Officer confirming 2 firefighters dead. One died upon arrival at Christ Medical Center, the other Firefighter died upon arrival at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. 1 firefighter critically injured, and one firefighter condition not being released at this time.

09:45 CST: At least 16 firefighters injured, including the two deceased. 6 of those firefighters injured serious to critically. Firefighters at the hopsitals and scene very distraught. Building rubble still being searched for possible homeless squatters.

10:00 CST: Story still breaking, additional details to follow and will be updated as available.

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