WHEN FIRES BREAK OUT IN CHICAGO, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU WILL FIND BURNING. IN THIS FIRE ON CHICAGO,S SOUTH SIDE
INDUSTRIAL SECTION,FIREMEN ARRIVED AND FOUND A LARGE 3 STORY WAREHOUSE WITH HEAVY FIRE ON THE FIRST FLOOR IN THE REAR.
THIS PART OF THE BUILDING WAS USED TO STORE USED AND NEW
MATTRESSES,THE LOW COST KIND.
THE FIRE WAS WELL INVOLVED IN THIS SECTION,AND HEAVY TOXIC
SMOKE WAS POURING OUT THE BACK DOORS AND WINDOWS.
CHICAGO HAD TO PUT THIS FIRE TO A 3-11 ALARM SO THEY COULD HOLD THE FIRE TO THE REAR SECTION. LUCK WAS THAT THE
BUILDING WAS ALL CONCRETE AND HAD FIRE DOORS TO HOLD THE FIRE IN PLACE.
THE BUILDING ITSELF WAS 100X300 IN SIZE AND HAD ALL TYPES OF GOODS STORED IN IT AND COULD HAVE BECOME A INFERNO FIRE.
A VERY HEAVY COUNT ON AIR TANKS WAS USE BY FIREMEN DUE TO
THE TOXIC SMOKE, FROM THE BURNING MATTRESSES.
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