Photo of the Week: Calling in the O’Hare Airport crash truck

The airport crash truck uses Purple K chemical to suppress a raging underground fire that burned for hours


This week’s Photo of the Week comes from the Chicago Fire Department, showing a rare occurrence – an O’Hare International Airport crash truck responding to an electrical vault fire in downtown Chicago. Purple K chemical was used to suppress a raging underground fire that burned for hours.

Photo/Chicago Fire Department

 

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