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The Cook County Administration Building saw a structural fire occur on the 12th floor of the building on October 17, 2003. [4] [5] [6] The fire was started in a supply room [7] by a faulty light fixture and resulted in the deaths of six people.
Feb 15, 2017 · The fire in October of 2003 was traced to a faulty light fixture on the building’s 12th floor. The six victims were among more than a dozen employees who became trapped in a smoke-filled...
Jan 26, 2023 · CHICAGO (CBS) -- A fire at a residential high-rise building in the Kenwood neighborhood Wednesday left a woman dead and nine others injured. The extra-alarm fire broke out shortly after 10 a.m....
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1908 – Rhoads Opera House fire, Boyertown, Pennsylvania, killed 170. [6] 1908 – Parker Building, New York City, January 10. 1908 – Collinwood school fire, in Collinwood, Ohio (soon absorbed by Cleveland ), on March 4, killed 175. 1909 – Flores Theater fire, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, on February 15, killed 250.
Jun 7, 2011 · On October 17, 2003, in the Cook County Administration Building, 69 West Washington, Chicago, Illinois, a fire resulted in six fatalities and several injuries. The Governor of Illinois established a panel, headed by James Lee Witt & Associates (JLWA), to review the fire incident.
On the afternoon of 17 October 2003, a fire started on the twelfth floor of the thirty-seven story Cook County Administration Building. At that time, the doors from the stairway to the vestibules on most of the floors were locked against exiting from the stairway.
A lot of attention was brought to high-rise fire safety this year when Illinois Fire Marshal Larry Matkaitis proposed refitting every high-rise building in the city with costly fire sprinklers. He quickly backed down from his proposal at the urging of high-rise dwellers and politicians.
