Tag Archives: Chicago

Unattended cooking causes fire and fills high-rise with smoke     HighRise Ops Staff CHICAGO, Illinois – NBC Chicago reports that “unattended cooking”  was the cause of a high-rise fire  at 4300 W. Ford City Drive, according to Chicago Fire Department ...

Five taken to hospital after incidents in high-rise apartment buildings     HighRise Ops Staff CHICAGO, Illinois – A carbon monoxide leak and a fire at two Chicago high-rises sent five people to hospitals on Tuesday according to the Chicago ...

Firefighter among the injured     HighRise Ops Staff CHICAGO, Illinois -A fire in a Kenwood neighborhood high-rise on Wednesday left two people and a firefighter injured, according to ABC7 Chicago. The fire was on the second floor of the ...

Fire on the seventh floor       HighRiseOps Staff CHICAGO – The Chicago Tribune reported that a woman and her service dog were found dead inside their apartment during a fire on November 24. Firefighters responded to the apartment ...

Occupant transported to West Suburban Medical Center   HighRise Operations   CHICAGO – ABC7 reports that one person was injured in a high-rise apartment fire in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood on Saturday. The fire was reported in the 5600 block of ...

Fire on the 32nd floor     HighRise Operations CHICAGO – CBS Chicago reports that six people were injured in a fire in a high-rise on Tuesday morning. Firefighters responded to 400 East Randolph at approximately 12:30 a.m. for a ...

Fire in a mid-rise     SRResquire – Chicago Still and Box Alarm, fire in an apartment building, 4909 Cottage Grove

Fire atop 840 West Blackhawk Street     Bret Miller – On Friday, October 25th, 2019 scanner traffic indicated that there was a fire on the roof of a high rise apartment building at 840 West Blackhawk Street in Chicago, ...

One person in critical condition     CHICAGO (CBS)– A fire broke out at a high-rise in the 3300 block of North Lake Shore Drive around noon Saturday and left four people injured. According to police, two male Chicago police ...

Fire atop a 10-story garage     CHICAGO (Chicago SunTimes) -Authorities have identified a roofing worker was killed when a fire broke out as they worked on top of a River North parking garage Saturday afternoon, seriously injuring four others, ...