3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago kills four, 8-23-16

Here's a report from Dave Weaver at radioman911.com:

On August 23, 2016, in Chicago, a deadly apartment fire on South Essex Avenue resulted in four fatalities. The incident was classified as a 3-11 Alarm with an EMS Plan 2 response. The fire occurred at 8114 S. Essex Ave., in the Englewood neighborhood. The radio traffic from the Englewood fire repeater has been edited to highlight major transmissions and condensed for clarity. The recording is available via Radioman911 through Broadcastify.

From the Chicago Tribune:

A tragic fire in an apartment building in South Chicago claimed the lives of a 3-month-old baby, two girls aged 4 and 7, and a man. Police have arrested a suspect who allegedly started the fire after an argument. The suspect reportedly had a conflict with someone living in the building, who managed to escape the blaze.

The infant was found next to a man who had jumped from the third-floor building at 1:39 a.m. The two girls were discovered in a third-floor apartment, while the man was found in a neighboring unit. Firefighters faced intense flames on the second and third floors, with both stairwells compromised. Due to the severity of the fire, crews could not enter the building and had to fight the blaze from the outside.

The fire was finally brought under control at 5:39 a.m. Witnesses reported seeing multiple people jumping from the building, which houses around 32 apartments. Firefighters used ladders to rescue several individuals. The 3-month-old was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in critical condition but later died at 2:40 a.m.

A 48-year-old man was hospitalized in critical condition, while two others were taken to South Shore Hospital—both in stable condition. Hours after the fire, the bodies of the man and two children were recovered once firefighters gained access to the area where the fire originated.

Residents jumped from the second and third floors on the south side of the U-shaped building. Records show that the building failed all annual inspections since 2011, with the most recent failure occurring in November 2015. City officials were unable to fully inspect most of the apartments or the rear porches due to restricted access.

Inspections revealed various violations, including improperly secured porches, missing pickets in the stairwell, and mouse droppings in a kitchen. Previous reports also noted missing smoke detectors, non-functional emergency lighting, expired fire extinguishers, protruding nails, and signs of rodent infestation inside units.

Police received calls around 1:35 a.m. about a fire set in the courtyard. Firefighters initially called a 2-11 alarm as the fire spread to the second and third floors. It quickly escalated to a 3-11 alarm with an EMS Plan II, deploying 10 ambulances and over 150 firefighters along with additional equipment to the scene.

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