Are there not water sprinklers in this building? I can't imagine a fire that isn't being fueled by gas or other accelerants continuing to burn as the video shows if the sprinklers are operating. Those things put out A LOT of water.
No, none.
There are NO sprinklers in the building. Built in 1930 to 1934. There is NO ordinance in Chicago mandating retrofitting older buildings with sprinklers, but there is ANOTHER meeting on Friday to review...how timely of them...
The building was completed in 1934. City ordinance exempts office buildings erected prior to 1975.
There is no water on this fire yet...they are still prepping/staging to fight it...and rescuing people in the building...and there are no sprinklers- it's an older building.
Fire has burned through another partition...smoke/fire coming from at least 10 windows on the 29th floor. 5-11 Alarm with 2 special alarms...that means that 1/3rd of the entire Chicago Fire Dept. has been summoned to the fire. At least 25 trucks on the scene 18 treated for injuries/transported to hospitals. 16 are "yellow" injuries. Two firefighters have "red" injuries (serious).EMS level 3 means at least 25 ambulances have been summoned.