Chicago Firefighters Deal with Vacant Property Security System at Fire

Fire photographer Tim Olk shared a gallery of photos of Chicago firefighters battling a fire at an abandoned property that posed some access challenges to crews.

The photos from the working fire at 4700 West Madison show firefighters having to defeat vacant property security systems to access the fire within the structure.

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