Investigators on scene of West Side Chicago pallet business after fire
Chicagoans could see the black smoke from miles away as the fire burned Tuesday evening at the pallet company in West Town. Kris Habermehl reports from Chopper 2.
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Chicagoans could see the black smoke from miles away as the fire burned Tuesday evening at the pallet company in West Town. Kris Habermehl reports from Chopper 2.
A plume of black smoke billowed into the alley.
Flames were shooting out of the roof when the fire began.
The view from Chopper 2 showed severe damage to the house, with much of the roof burned away.
There was no word late Wednesday what caused the fire or if anyone was hurt.
The company had about 20,000 pallets on site, all of which were stacked 6 to 10 feet high, and all of which burned.
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The extra-alarm fire raged for hours at a pallet company in West Town. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
A day after the fire, residents still could not get back into the building at 1852 W. Palm Dr., near Golf Road in the Orion ParkView Apartments complex.
A massive fire broke out on Chicago's West Side Tuesday evening. Ryan Corsaro, a former CBS 2 writer, was on the scene as the fire raged.
A massive fire broke out on Chicago's West Side Tuesday evening. The fire broke out in the 2000 block of West Hubbard Street in the West Town neighborhood. The Chicago Fire Department said pallets at a building supply warehouse were on fire.
A massive fire broke out on Chicago's West Side Tuesday evening.
The fire burned through a 36-unit Mount Prospect apartment complex Monday night. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
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A massive fire broke out on Chicago's West Side Tuesday evening, but it was unclear what the cause was or if there were any injuries related to the blaze.
A day later the fire, residents still could not get back into the building in the Orion ParkView Apartments complex. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
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Smoke surrounded a building at 1852 W. Palm Dr. in Mount Prospect.
Chicago police said around 2:30 a.m., a fire broke out inside the three-flat apartment building in the 2400 block of East 78th Street.
Chicago police said around 2:30 a.m., a fire broke out inside the three-flat apartment building in the 2400 block of East 78th Street.
Police say a man threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of the row home and was seen running north in the alley wearing all black.
Police say a man threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of the row home and was seen running north in the alley wearing all black.
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