Electrical Fire in Multiple Apartments

5037 S Drexel Blvd

Published Jun 30 at 8:57 PM · Updated Jun 30 at 9:19 PM

Summary

Firefighters initially responded to a reported fire at the wrong address in Chicago but later located the fire on the second floor of a two-and-a-half-story building at 5037 S Drexel Blvd.

Timeline

Jun 30, 9:17PM

The address reported for this incident has changed to 5037 S Drexel Blvd.

Jun 30, 8:57PM

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 926 E Hyde Park Blvd.

Jun 30, 9:17PM

The address reported for this incident has changed to 5037 S Drexel Blvd.

Jun 30, 8:57PM

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 926 E Hyde Park Blvd.

Jun 30, 9:17PM

The address reported for this incident has changed to 5037 S Drexel Blvd.

Jun 30, 8:57PM

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 926 E Hyde Park Blvd.

Jun 30, 9:17PM

The address reported for this incident has changed to 5037 S Drexel Blvd.

Jun 30, 8:57PM

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 926 E Hyde Park Blvd.

Jun 30, 9:17PM

The address reported for this incident has changed to 5037 S Drexel Blvd.

Jun 30, 8:57PM

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 926 E Hyde Park Blvd.

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CPD Zn 5/7 · Jun 30, 9:50PM · 0:17

We do have a fire in a 2, 926 East Hyde Park, 926 East Hyde Park. It's a transformer or an electrical fire that started, caused the entire row of apartment buildings to catch on fire. Fire is on scene. They're going to be requesting CPD for traffic control.

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CFD (B/U) · Jun 30, 9:20PM · 0:12

468, 468. 468, thank you very much. Also, secondary search is negative, and we're just looking for extension, doing some salvaging overhaul.

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CFD (B/U) · Jun 30, 9:19PM · 0:27

274 to Englewood. 274. Yeah, primary search is complete negative. We have a two-and-a-half-story 60 by 125. Fire is on the second floor unit. We have main to the roof. We have two holes in the roof. And we have two lines on the fire, one from Engine 45 and one from Engine 60.

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