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On Tuesday night, a huge vacant warehouse on Chicago's South Side went up in flames. Fire department officials said it was the biggest blaze the department has had to battle in years and one-third of all Chicago firefighters were on the scene at one point or another trying to put out the flames. Complicating the scene was the weather -- temperatures were well below freezing and the spray from the fire hoses encased everything below in ice, including buildings, vehicles, and some firefighting gear. The warehouse was gutted, but the fire was contained. Fire crews remain on the scene as some smaller flare-ups continue to need attention.
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http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/01/chicagos-freezing-fire/100445/
TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)TYY
I K and Red for the same reason!
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)K and R
wandy
(3,539 posts)surrealAmerican
(11,361 posts)... and probably raining, by Monday. The truck will be freed by then.
Dreamer Tatum
(10,926 posts)Worried senior
(1,328 posts)fighting this fire are paid way too much according to the GOP.
I'd like to see them work under these conditions.
intheflow
(28,476 posts)They can't even work under the cushy conditions they have to endure in Congress.