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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 04:44 PM Jan 2013

Chicago's Freezing Fire

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/

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Chicago's Freezing Fire (Original Post) n2doc Jan 2013 OP
k+r for the awesome pics. ...nt TeeYiYi Jan 2013 #1
HA! bigwillq Jan 2013 #3
Wow. Great pics! bigwillq Jan 2013 #2
K&R Imagen trying to get that truck out of there any time soon. wandy Jan 2013 #4
It'll be well above freezing, ... surrealAmerican Jan 2013 #5
If Krispy Kreme was a general contractor...nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2013 #6
But the men and women Worried senior Jan 2013 #7
Never happen. intheflow Jan 2013 #8

surrealAmerican

(11,361 posts)
5. It'll be well above freezing, ...
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 05:28 PM
Jan 2013

... and probably raining, by Monday. The truck will be freed by then.

Worried senior

(1,328 posts)
7. But the men and women
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 06:24 PM
Jan 2013

fighting this fire are paid way too much according to the GOP.

I'd like to see them work under these conditions.

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