Operations & Training

Watch: Chicago FFs Battle Commercial Fire

Oct. 24, 2022

The Chicago Fire Department was on scene as a massive fire heavily damaged a commercial building in Bronzeville.

Investigators are working to figure out what started a fire that heavily damaged a commercial building near 47th Street and Prairie Avenue in Bronzeville Sunday morning.

ABC 7 Chicago reports that the smoke was so thick, the CTA Green Line trains skipped the 47th Street stop, while firefighters worked to put out the flames.

Buses in the area were also temporarily rerouted.

Steve Redick captured the firefight on video.

No one was hurt.

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Steve Redick

Steve Redick worked as a Chicago Fire Department dispatcher for 35 years. Since the late 1970s, Redick has been a fire photographer, capturing the work done by firefighters in Chicago and surrounding communities. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Chicago Fire Museum, and he is a self-published author and owner of the historical FD website: ksc711.smugmug.com.