Three dozen firefighters were needed to stop a fire in a vacant Waukegan building on December 4th 2020. The fire is believed to have started early in the morning and it took the fire fighters 5 hours to finally put out the fire. The cold weather that morning, it is December after all, harmed the …
It is necessary to have a plan in case you become homeless from a fire. In Morton Grove, a fire spread throughout one of Morton Groves oldest commercial and residential complex and left 3 families out on the streets and one business closed down. It appears to have started from some faulty electrical wiring …
Three apartments and a dry cleaner with severe fire damage in Morton Grove Read More »
One of the most important factors in fire prevention is keeping flammable objects away from sources of heat. A deadly fire tragically started in the Old Irving Park neighborhood on Thursday the 26th of November. An investigation stated that the fire started from, “Use of smoking material” and that the fire spread rapidly because of …
From these photos, you can see just how intense the black smoke was. This fire got out of control fast and looks to have consumed the entire interior of this building. Very sad for the two households there as seven people are out of a home. Please get renters insurance. It’s so cheap and so …
Another high rise apartment fire in Chicago. This one is good to review because it illustrates the difference between how firefighters see a fire and how the fire restoration services see a fire. This one happened on the 5th floor and was put out quickly. Here’s the excerpt: Firefighters responded about 7:40 a.m. to a …
This Maller Building had a fire back in 2018 that torched the entire 4th floor. This latest fire started on the 10th floor. It’s a building heavy with jewelers and, to be frank, nearly every commercial fire is suspected arson. That’s not an accusation here, it’s just that the fire department and insurance companies have …
Heat overcomes 2 Chicago firefighters during high-rise fire in Loop Read More »
This kind of fire gets out of control really, really fast. Most warehouses have some flammable chemicals onsite already, add to that a lot of combustible materials and these fires are intense. This one lost the entire roof which just added to the destruction. Luckily no one was hurt. These are a serious danger to …
These kinds of high rise fires happen to be very scary. Few people have really practiced getting out of their building through a smoke-filled hallway with strobe lights flashing and the alarm klaxon blaring. It is a really disorienting feeling. You cannot use the elevator, your normal entrance and exit path, and you may not …
Do You Know How to Escape Your High-Rise in Case of a Fire? Read More »
The actual fire here was on 11/9 and, although it doesn’t involve any structures, it’s a good illustration of how easily a brush fire can get out of control. We don’t normally think about wild fires here in the Chicagoland area, but this one burned 45 acres and could easily have gotten out of hand. …
Although the article calls this one a duplex, it’s really a side by side single story townhouse. The term duplex can be confusing as it’s applied in a couple of ways to be either a 2 unit apartment building, a “duplex” single unit/apartment on two levels (either up or down), and used here in this …
Common Wall Smoke Damage – Please Check It First Read More »
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