Fire Guts Illinois Apartments, Several Firefighters Hospitalized

    May 6, 2005
    'It was just a real tough, mean fire' that left dozens of university students homeless.
    The Pantagraph/STEVE SMEDLEY
    Normal Fire Department Lt. John Grussing calls for a ground ladder to rescue him and another firefighter from the third floor of an apartment building at 102 W. Phoenix Ave. after fire cut them off from an interior stairwell. The stubborn fire produced heavy amounts of smoke.
    Normal Fire Department Lt. John Grussing calls for a ground ladder to rescue him and another firefighter from the third floor of an apartment building at 102 W. Phoenix Ave. after fire cut them off from an interior stairwell. The stubborn fire produced heavy amounts of smoke.

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