CFD chief: Special tool would not have been not practical in Kenwood fire
The HERO pipe was designed for fires in high rises — like the one at the Harper Square Cooperative on Wednesday, Jan 25.
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The HERO pipe was designed for fires in high rises — like the one at the Harper Square Cooperative on Wednesday, Jan 25.
The Chicago Fire Department is responding to critics who say the department could have and should have used a specific pipe designed for high-rise fires to battle a blaze in Kenwood last month. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
It is a tool that taxpayers have already paid for.
CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey has been digging into why some firefighters say the Chicago Fire Department has a special tool to fight the type of blaze that broke out in the high-rise - but they didn't use it.
The Harper Square Cooperative at 48th and Lake Park doesn't have a sprinkler system, because it predates a Chicago requirement for all high-rises built after 1975 to have fire sprinklers.
The Harper Square Cooperative at 48th and Lake Park doesn't have a sprinkler system, because it predates a Chicago requirement for all high-rises built after 1975 to have fire sprinklers. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
Less than two weeks after one person was killed and nine others were injured in a massive fire that spread to 10 floors of high-rise in Kenwood, CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey is digging into whether a simple sprinkler system could have prevented the tragedy.
Two Chicago men are charged with robbing residents of the very building that caught fire this week.
Two Chicago men are charged with robbing residents of the very building that caught fire this week.
The attorney claims the failed Chicago Department of Buildings inspections on Dec. 1, Nov. 2, and March 21 of last year were never brought to his client's attention.
We told you Wednesday about multiple failed city inspections at the Harper Square Cooperative high-rise. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
As the floor captain, Toi Sing-Daniels kept everyone informed of the instructions from management and firefighters when the fire started 10 floors below. CBS 2's Jermont Terry talked with her and a grateful neighbor.
As the floor captain, Toi Sing-Daniels kept everyone informed of the instructions from management and firefighters when the fire started 10 floors below.
A smoke detector in the apartment where the fire started was not working at the time, according to the Fire Department.
The residents have a lot of questions after the deadly fire at the Harper Square Cooperative on Lake Park Avenue. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Meanwhile, some residents are being allowed back in to get their most important belongings, but they still have a lot of questions. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Investigators are still trying to determine what caused a deadly apartment building fire in Kenwood. One person was killed, and nine others were injured, including a firefighter, in the fire at the Harper Square Cooperative high-rise on Wednesday.
That fire broke out on Oct. 17, 2003, at what was then known as the Cook County Administration Building.
A total of 133 units in the building were impacted by the fire and cannot be accessed.
A retired schoolteacher in her 80s was killed in the fire at the Harper Square Cooperative, and a total of 133 units are now inaccessible. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
The sprinkler system was not completed at the Harper Square Cooperative building where a fire broke out Wednesday, leaving a woman dead and nine others injured. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
We heard stories from tenants that they saw the fire climbing their window, felt the heat in their apartments, and smelled burning wood.
Some residents saw the fire climbing the high-rise through their windows. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
Just last month, the building failed a city inspection.
CBS 2's Tara Molina dug into the history of the Harper Square Cooperative building in Kenwood, where one person died and nine were injured in a fire Wednesday.
