Chicago: 1 Dead, 12 Hurt In Streeterville High-Rise Fire ( third of FD Equipment used )

CBS2 ^ | Dec 10, 2009 3:01 pm US/Central | CBS

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

A Third Of City's Fire Equipment Sent Out For Chestnut Street Blaze

A towering fire in a high-rise condo building in Streeterville left a woman dead and a dozen others hurt, and required the use of about a third of the city's fire equipment.

CBS 2's Roseanne Tellez reports the 5-11 alarm fire broke out around 12:50 a.m. in the 51-story Plaza on DeWitt condo building, at 260 E. Chestnut St. about a block east of the John Hancock Center. Fire crews arrived to find flames shooting out of the 36th floor of the building.

The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed that a woman died in the fire. She was identified Thursday morning as Beata Bihl, according to Steven Levy, the building's manager.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

H/T to the Drudge Report.

[Ann Archy]

Thanks for posting...I live a block from this and didn’t hear a thing last night!

[theyreallthesame]

Bush’s fault.....

I wonder what was of importance in the building that needed to be torched.

[usshadley]

did the building collapse?