Building fire with heavy smoke reported near West 94th St, Chicago IL

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/5/2025 12:42 PM

Near W 94th St, Chicago, IL 60620

Firefighters and officers responded to a building fire near West 94th Street with heavy smoke filling the hallway. The fire alarm was activated and traffic control was requested due to fire equipment blocking the road.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 09

02:41

Transcript:

00:00

32 getting a fire near West 94.

00:04

Looks like the fire line is going off. There's a lot of smoke in the hallway.

00:13

Say that. Thank you.

00:15

Thank you.

00:21

Unison 22 in CityWagon, the burglary in progress, 105 in Parnell.

00:25

For a female wearing a black hoodie, sent to break into a garage in the alley. Callers now waiting on seeing nothing further zone like there.

00:35

2262, boy?

00:40

Boy. Boy.

00:42

Can you guys ride on that burglary in progress, 100 to 5th in Parnell?

00:48

Time 4.

00:52

Thank you. 34, I could take it right over there, too, so I didn't know I was calling that over again.

00:59

34, 104, thank you.

01:03

507, Adam.

01:05

507, Adam. 5.07, Adam.

01:07

Can you show me doing a business track at 600 East 115th Street, please?

01:13

Can I have the vet number?

01:16

Ten four.

01:18

Your bed number is (number withheld).

01:24

Thank you, ma'am.

01:26

Welcome.

01:32

563 Charlie Squire, we need two more ample assets. One person complaining of back pain and face pain and other one complaining of back pain. I'm going to go to the house with him.

01:45

Stand for. We'll put a request for it.

01:52

2.30. 2232.

01:55

2232.

02:00

Yeah, I'm going to need traffic control.

02:03

They're blocking the entire northbound lane of Ashlow right now with two pieces of fire equipment.

02:13

Ten for all the twos.

02:17

All the two.

02:19

You can head over to assist 2232 at that fire near West 94th for traffic control.

02:28

99.

02:30

Thank you. And then you want to notify, I guess, 2220.

02:36

This looks like it's going to be bona fide.

02:38

We're clearing out the ladder on the ladder trunk.

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