PAA - Chicago Firefighters Battle Magnesium-Fueled Blaze at Metal Recycling Plant

Created Feb. 5, 2024 by Sun West School Division

PAA - Chicago Firefighters Battle Magnesium-Fueled Blaze at Metal Recycling Plant

The article "Chicago Firefighters Battle Recycling Plant Blaze" by Commander Max Walchuk of the Chicago Fire Department details how nearly 200 Chicago Fire Department personnel required almost 45 pieces of fire suppression and rescue equipment to fight a spectacular magnesium-fueled blaze that broke out at a metal recycling complex on August 31, 1998. 

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