The city’s largest fire in seven years took nearly 200 firefighters about two hours to extinguish as the blaze ripped through an abandoned warehouse on the city’s South Side Tuesday night. Firefighters had to contend with treacherous conditions and frozen equipment as they battled the flames amid the frigid 10-degree weather.
Fire and Ice: Hundreds of Firefighters Fight Massive Blaze on Chicago’s South Side
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A truck is covered in ice as firefighters help to extinguish a massive blaze at a vacant warehouse on Jan 22, 2013 in Chicago.
