Fire extinguished in metro rail yard pit area, Chicago IL
Fire & ArsonA fire was reported in the mechanical pit area of a metro rail yard near West Grand Avenue. Firefighters found the fire out upon arrival. They established command, de-energized the area, and performed ventilation to ensure safety.
Audio|Source: Chicago Fire - Digital
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Transcript:
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Battalion 1717, I'm seeing near West Grand.
00:04
For fire, we got a Metra yard here.
00:06
They're saying that there's a fire in a metro pit area.
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They're saying it's out on arrival.
00:13
I'm still going to hold companies to investigate.
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I'll be assuming command.
00:20
All right, the battalion 17 here on senior, go with what you have for now.
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Yes, I'm good or whatever now.
00:29
Very good.
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Power later 23 domain.
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Power 23.
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Office,
00:39
can you have CPD respond to this address for a DOA?
00:45
So on 23 there requests when you say this hand, but yeah?
00:49
Looks like 1622 might be unseen.
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Message received 1622.
01:02
This is 17 in Maine.
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So we had here is 100 by 50 rail yard, one-story non-combustible building.
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They had a fire in one of the mechanical pits out on arrival.
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We're going to de-energize it right now.
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We have to do a little bit of ventilation here.
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But I'm good at what I have right now.
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Location mentioned:
Near W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
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