Post by cooter on Mar 28, 2007 16:04:52 GMT -5
500 W. Monroe West Loop
Chicago, Illinois
EMS Plan I
4-11 alarm
Courtesy of NBC 5 Chicago
Below is the raw footage of the fire...
video.nbc5.com/player/?id=86173
below is edited news footage...
video.nbc5.com/player/?id=86171
CHICAGO -- Firefighters have extinguished an extra-alarm high-rise fire that apparently started in the cooling system of a West Loop building on Wednesday afternoon.
At the lunchtime hour, gray smoke was seen billowing out of the top of the building located just west of the Chicago River.
An EMS Plan 1 was called for the fire at 500 W. Monroe St. An EMS Plan 1 automatically sends to the scene five ambulances, two fire trucks, two engines, a battalion chief and an EMS field officer.
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An evacuation was ordered around 11:30 a.m. on the intercom system, and at least four people were taken in ambulances from the scene, NBC5 reported.
Laverne Harrington, who was walking out of the building with a group of small children, said she was told to evacuate the building because of a fire on the 45th floor.
There were also reports of fire on the 42nd floor, NBC5's Art Norman reported.
The building is the Heller International Tower, a 950,000-square-foot office tower near the Chicago River in the West Loop. Officials speculate that there might have been a problem with the cooling system.
Witnesses said more than a dozen firetrucks are at the scene, firefighters responding to reports of smoke at the building, said Kevin Smith, spokesman for the city's Office of Emergency Management and Communications.
The fire was struck shortly after 12:30 p.m, and initially broke out in an external part of the building on the roof, according to fire media affairs Assistant Director Eve Rodriguez.
The 500 West Monroe Street building was completed in 1991 and is 100 percent occupied. Current tenants include GE Capital Corporation, GATX Corporation, Marsh USA and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The property includes the largest in-building parking structure in Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
EMS Plan I
4-11 alarm
Courtesy of NBC 5 Chicago
Below is the raw footage of the fire...
video.nbc5.com/player/?id=86173
below is edited news footage...
video.nbc5.com/player/?id=86171
CHICAGO -- Firefighters have extinguished an extra-alarm high-rise fire that apparently started in the cooling system of a West Loop building on Wednesday afternoon.
At the lunchtime hour, gray smoke was seen billowing out of the top of the building located just west of the Chicago River.
An EMS Plan 1 was called for the fire at 500 W. Monroe St. An EMS Plan 1 automatically sends to the scene five ambulances, two fire trucks, two engines, a battalion chief and an EMS field officer.
Click here to find out more!
An evacuation was ordered around 11:30 a.m. on the intercom system, and at least four people were taken in ambulances from the scene, NBC5 reported.
Laverne Harrington, who was walking out of the building with a group of small children, said she was told to evacuate the building because of a fire on the 45th floor.
There were also reports of fire on the 42nd floor, NBC5's Art Norman reported.
The building is the Heller International Tower, a 950,000-square-foot office tower near the Chicago River in the West Loop. Officials speculate that there might have been a problem with the cooling system.
Witnesses said more than a dozen firetrucks are at the scene, firefighters responding to reports of smoke at the building, said Kevin Smith, spokesman for the city's Office of Emergency Management and Communications.
The fire was struck shortly after 12:30 p.m, and initially broke out in an external part of the building on the roof, according to fire media affairs Assistant Director Eve Rodriguez.
The 500 West Monroe Street building was completed in 1991 and is 100 percent occupied. Current tenants include GE Capital Corporation, GATX Corporation, Marsh USA and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The property includes the largest in-building parking structure in Chicago.