CARDINAL EMERGENCIES: Chicago Fire Scanner and Citizen Witness Reports for Saturday, June 29 2019

Woman, age 69, dies after fire at Ashburn neighborhood apartment building on Kedzie Avenue.

SAT JUN 29 2019 ~9:05 PM FATAL APARTMENT FIRE ON KEDZIE AVE NEAR 81ST ST, CHICAGO Chicago Fire Department Fatal Fire/Apartment Fire/Working Fire/Still and Box Kedzie Ave and 81st St Chicago, IL Report of a fire in an apartment building on South Kedzie Ave near 81st Street. BC20 reports a civilian helped an elderly woman out to a balcony. 3-story apartment comlex 12-unit building, fire resistive 75×100. Companies led out to the rear, one occupant removed, one line on the fire by 9:14 p.m. Still and Box at 9:15 p.m. Fire out by 9:22 p.m. Still and Box struck out at 9:22 p.m. on orders of BC20. [INCIDENT MAP]

SAT JUN 29 2019 ~8:53 PM MISSING, STRANDED KAYAKER RESCUED IN BUSSE WOODS IN CREEK NEAR SOUTH POOL, ELK GROVE VILLAGE Elk Grove Village Fire Department Water Rescue/Drowning Level 1 Response 42.022541, -88.027182 (100 Busse Woods Rd Elk Grove Village, IL) Elk Grove Village, IL Report of a kayaker missing. “Drowning Level 2 at 9:40 p.m. Searching on creek with Fortuna Rapid Deployment Craft. Fortuna 1 with patient contact by 10:14 p.m. — cancelling helicopter search at 10:17 p.m. Map link is a “guesstimate”.

NOTE: “Drowning Level 1 or 2” is a response category for a potential drowning victim that does not necessarily mean there is an actual drowning. [INCIDENT MAP]

SAT JUN 29 2019 ~1:18 PM HOUSE FIRE ON PRINCETON AVE AND 88TH ST CHICAGO Chicago Fire Department House Fire/Working Fire Princeton Ave and 88th St Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Report of a house fire on Princeton Ave north of 88th Street. Fire out with one line on the fire. One injury, Code Yellow. [INCIDENT MAP]

SAT JUN 29 2019 ~6:09 PM MULTIPLE-INJURY CRASH AT 127TH ST AND THROOP ST CALUMET PARK, IL CALUMET PARK6/29 Calumet Park Fire Department Multiple-Injury Crash/EMS Box Alarm 127th St and Throop St Calumet Park, IL Calumet Park, IL MABAS Division 22 EMS Box Alarm on Box #2299 for a crash with multiple injuries. Upgrade to 2nd Alarm at 6:22 p.m. [INCIDENT MAP]

SAT JUN 29 2019 ~9:18 AM WORKING FIRE , CHICAGO Chicago Fire Department APARTMENT FIRE/Working Fire 1303 N Maplewood Chicago, IL Report of an apartment fire in a 3-flat. E57 has a line on the fire with primary search underway by 9:30 a.m. Still and Box Alarm at 9:29 a.m. Main fire building at 1303 Maplewood is 45×50 with heavy fire on the 2nd floor to 3rd floor. Fire out by 9:48. Address on 1301 is fire extension building, 25×50. Both buildings are 3-story buildings. Eighteen people displaced. [INCIDENT MAP]

SAT JUN 29 2019 ~8:12 AM FIRE IN A COMMERCIAL PARKING GARAGE, HERTZ AT STATE ST AND KINZIE ST, CHICAGO Chicago Fire Department Still in a High-Rise/Still & Box Alarm/EMS Plan 1 401 North State St Chicago, IL Initially reported at 401 N Wabash. Report of a fire in a commercial parking garage in a high-rise building. Still and Box at 8:14 a.m. Three vehicles on fire in the parking garage on the 4th floor; fire under control by 833 a.m.

Fire out at 8:39 a.m. Primary search on all floors negative. Light smoke on the 5th and 6th floors at 8:39 a.m. [INCIDENT MAP]

SAT JUN 29 2019 ~12:57 AM HOUSE FIRE ON GLENDALE LN NEAR GRAND CANYON ST, HOFFMAN ESTATES HOUSE FIRE/Working Fire 335 Glendale Lane Hoffman Estates, IL Report of a house fire on Glendale Lane Near Grand Canyon Street. Crew on arrival reports fire showing from the roof of a one-story single-family home. Incident upgraded to a Code 4 (working fire response) by 1:02 a.m. Main body of fire in the attic. Fire under control by 1:45 a.m. Residents evacuated safely with no injuries initially reported. [INCIDENT MAP]

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