Chicago apartment fire: Another view and a close call as light pole comes down on snorkel.
During the first week of August we ran some early video of a rocking vacant apartment building fire in the Austin neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side. The fire was reported around 10:00 AM on August 2 at West Iowa Street and North Leclaire Avenue.
More recently the above video of the same fire was posted to YouTube. It is shot from A-B corner of the building. The initial video we posted (below) is shot from the B-C corner.
We should you warn you that the commentary on the latest video can be quite profane and is somewhat interesting.
Also, at about 7:20, as the snorkel is raising its boom, a light pole on the corner gives way and crashes into the cab of Squad 2a, narrowly missing a couple of firefighters stretching some LDH. From what I can see on the video it appears the wire attached to the pole may have been tougher than the pole itself.
