Chicago 3-11: Good early video and fireground audio from fire in a strip mall.
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Steve Redick on the scene of Thursday morning’s 3-11 alarm at a strip mall in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. Steve got there before the evacuation order was given and defensive operations began. He’s added some of the fireground audio to this video.
The fire was at the Super Dollar & Up store located at 3952 W. Cermak Rd. It began around 6:00 AM.
Here are excepts from WBBM-TV’s website:
The fire was elevated from a 2-11 alarm fire to a 3-11 alarm fire about 7:30 a.m., according to Fire Media Affairs spokesman Quention Curtis.
The fire was contained to a L-shaped corner of a strip mall on the far west end of Cermak Road, which is propped near some older storefronts that run north on Pulaski, according to Fire Media Affairs Chief Kevin MacGregor. Crews worked to keep the fire from spreading to stores that ran on the other side of the strip mall.
The fire was confined to a dollar store and a couple of little stores — including a wireless store and some restaurants, MacGregor said.
