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Steam mistaken for fire at O’Hare Airport terminal

Heard on: Cook IL Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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Squad 7, are you en route?
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O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 5 Arrivals/Departures, Chicago, IL 60666
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Fire crews respond to a report of a possible fire at an O’Hare Airport terminal. Engine 9 arrives and finds steam coming from a refrigeration unit, not a fire. An engineer confirms there is no fire. Power to the unit is shut off and all responding units return to service.

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