By Bill Carey
FireRescue1
CHICAGO — Chicago firefighters had a difficult time fighting a fire in a Chinatown supermarket on Aug. 23. The all-concrete structure made ventilation difficult for firefighters.
Firefighters responded to the two-alarm fire at the Park to Shop grocery store on South Archer Avenue at approximately 3:30 a.m., WLS reported.
A Chicago Fire Department district chief said the city’s building department was called to bring heavy equipment to pierce the walls.
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Excessive heat added to the difficulty in fighting the fire, causing firefighters to be rotated through a rehab sector for evaluation by EMS.
It took firefighters several hours to extinguish the fire. There were no reported injuries.