Small basement fire in two-story residential building, Chicago IL

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/30/2025 07:19 AM

Near W Grace St, Chicago, IL 60613

A small fire occurred in the basement of a two-story residential building near W Grace St in Chicago. Fire units responded promptly with ventilation operations in progress. There was no sign of arson or suspicious activity related to the fire.

Audio|Source: Chicago Fire - Digital

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Transcript:

00:00

near W Grace St, near W Grace St.

00:04

1042, West Korea, for 78.

00:08

Tower 21, Maine at Tower 21.

00:12

Tower 21 is to Grace.

00:16

Battalion 12, Maine to the Battalion 12.

00:20

Battalion 12 is going to Grace from 112's quarter.

00:27

1718, I'm on the eyes an hour. You got any update from ISP?

00:34

We're currently on the line with them trying to get the mental.

00:37

Stand by.

00:42

Companies responding to the Eisenhower, Inbound at Central, Hurs, State Police,

00:48

Inbound at Cicero exit. Inbound at the Cicero exit.

00:54

Inbound at the Cicero exit.

00:57

That's received office.

01:00

All right, Battalion 18, I'm pulling up on it now.

01:07

18, okay?

01:12

18, you can go ahead and release 96.

01:17

Battalion 18 message received.

01:19

196, you are being released, 196, return.

01:25

96 going on.

01:28

Zohar 21 site 8.

01:38

24 is tanker still[1].

01:43

124. 124. Okay.

01:52

Detain 12 is on Grace.

01:54

I'm assuming command[2].

02:00

1912, do you get that message?

02:04

Contagin 12 to Maine, 2-story ordinary residential 25 by 50, instant burn food in the basement.

02:11

I'm going to release my second companies.

02:13

I'm going to keep on 178, tower 21 to ventilate a little bit.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

still: Initial fire alarm response assignment, typically indicating the standard dispatch for reported fires.

[2]

command: Incident Command managing the overall incident

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