Firefighters responded to a factory at at 11909 S. Ave. O. late Wednesday after the building caught fire, causing massive flames and huge plumes of smoke to fly into the air, the Chicago Fire Department and NBC 5 reported. Crews knocked the fire about 11 p.m., with no injuries reported, the Fire Department said.
Firefighters responded to a factory at at 11909 S. Ave. O. late Wednesday after the building caught fire, causing massive flames and huge plumes of smoke to fly into the air, the Chicago Fire Department and NBC 5 reported. Crews knocked the fire about 11 p.m., with no injuries reported, the Fire Department said.
Firefighters responded to a factory at at 11909 S. Ave. O. late Wednesday after the building caught fire, causing massive flames and huge plumes of smoke to fly into the air, the Chicago Fire Department and NBC 5 reported. Crews knocked the fire about 11 p.m., with no injuries reported, the Fire Department said.
CHICAGO — A massive fire broke out late Wednesday at a factory in the city’s Hegewisch neighborhood, but no one was injured, officials said.
Firefighters were called to the extra-alarm fire before 10 p.m. after the building, located at 11909 S. Ave. O., caught fire, causing huge flames and thick smoke to fly into the air, NBC 5 Chicago reported.
Flames and smoke were visible from several miles away, NBC 5 reported.
Crews knocked out the fire by about 11 p.m., with no injuries reported, the Chicago Fire Department tweeted.
The warehouse belongs to Era Valdivia Contractors, Inc., a painting, wall covering and protective coating contractor.
The Chicago Fire Department was not immediately available Friday to provide updates.
Check nwi.com for updates to this story.
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Age: 39
Residence: Hammond
Booking Number(s): 2008648
Arrest Date: Oct. 31, 2020
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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Residence: Gary
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Arrest Date: Nov. 1, 2020
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Highest Offense Class: Felony
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Age: 57
Residence: Dyer
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Arrest Date: Nov. 1, 2020
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Briana Wallace
Age: 28
Residence: Chicago
Booking Number(s): 2008707
Arrest Date: Nov. 1, 2020
Offense Description: Intimidation
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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Age: 44
Residence: Merrillville
Booking Number(s): 2008699
Arrest Date: Nov. 1, 2020
Offense Description: Pointing a firearm
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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Age: 28
Residence: Lansing
Booking Number(s): 2008711
Arrest Date: Nov. 2, 2020
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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Age: 22
Residence: Chicago
Booking Number(s): 2008739
Arrest Date: Nov. 2, 2020
Offense Description: Theft
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Age: 32
Residence: Hobart
Booking Number(s): 2008696
Arrest Date: Nov. 1, 2020
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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Age: 42
Residence: Hammond
Booking Number(s): 2008683
Arrest Date: Nov. 1, 2020
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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Age: 28
Residence: Portage
Booking Number(s): 2008685
Arrest Date: Nov. 1, 2020
Offense Description: Burglary, Possession of a hypodermic syringe or needle
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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Age: 18
Residence: Merrillville
Booking Number(s): 2008730
Arrest Date: Nov. 2, 2020
Offense Description: Possession of a weapon by a felon
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Age: 34
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2008750
Arrest Date: Nov. 3, 2020
Offense Description: Battery against public safety officer
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Age: 61
Residence: Hammond
Booking Number(s): 2008666
Arrest Date: Oct. 31, 2020
Offense Description: Burglary
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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Age: 35
Residence: Decatur, Ill.
Booking Number(s): 2008630
Arrest Date: Oct. 30, 2020
Offense Description: Intimidation
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Harold Kuntz
Age: 40
Residence: Hammond
Booking Number(s): 2008663
Arrest Date: Oct. 31, 2020
Offense Description: Battery
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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Age: 23
Residence: Highland
Booking Number(s): 2008639
Arrest Date: Oct. 30, 2020
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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Age: 41
Residence: Chicago
Booking Number(s): 2008716
Arrest Date: Nov. 2, 2020
Offense Description: Fraud
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Age: 21
Residence: Merrillville
Booking Number(s): 2008728
Arrest Date: Nov. 2, 2020
Offense Description: Domestic battery
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Age: 55
Residence: Hebron
Booking Number(s): 2008717
Arrest Date: Nov. 2, 2020
Offense Description: OWI
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Age: 28
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2008627
Arrest Date: Oct. 30, 2020
Offense Description: Possession of a hypodermic syringe or needle, Burglary, Controlled substance possession; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
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Age: 24
Residence: East Chicago
Booking Number(s): 2008675
Arrest Date: Nov. 1, 2020
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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Age: 26
Residence: Chicago
Booking Number(s): 2008632
Arrest Date: Oct. 30, 2020
Offense Description: Robbery
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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Age: 25
Residence: Chicago
Booking Number(s): 2008733
Arrest Date: Nov. 2, 2020
Offense Description: Theft
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Age: 54
Residence: Pendleton
Booking Number(s): 2008726
Arrest Date: Nov. 2, 2020
Offense Description: Robbery
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Age: 23
Residence: Griffith
Booking Number(s): 2008718
Arrest Date: Nov. 2, 2020
Offense Description: Aggravated strangulation
Kyle Persenaire
Age: 31
Residence: Schererville
Booking Number(s): 2008677
Arrest Date: Nov. 1, 2020
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Luis Navarro
Age: 52
Residence: East Chicago
Booking Number(s): 2008693
Arrest Date: Nov. 1, 2020
Offense Description: Domestic battery
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marc Klemoff
Age: 51
Residence: Portage
Booking Number(s): 2008670
Arrest Date: Oct. 31, 2020
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marcel Young
Age: 41
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2008688
Arrest Date: Nov. 1, 2020
Offense Description: Dealing a controlled substance
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Marko Vukasin
Age: 28
Residence: Crown Point
Booking Number(s): 2008676
Arrest Date: Nov. 1, 2020
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Matthew Aris Psimos
Age: 40
Residence: Crown Point
Booking Number(s): 2008718
Arrest Date: Nov. 2, 2020
Offense Description: OWI
Maurice Thomas
Age: 29
Residence: East Chicago
Booking Number(s): 2008681
Arrest Date: Nov. 1, 2020
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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Age: 30
Residence: East Chicago
Booking Number(s): 2008634
Arrest Date: Oct. 30, 2020
Offense Description: Domestic battery
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Myles Graham
Age: 23
Residence: Cedar Lake
Booking Number(s): 2008644
Arrest Date: Oct. 31, 2020
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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Age: 37
Residence: Portage
Booking Number(s): 2008740
Arrest Date: Nov. 2, 2020
Offense Description: Domestic Battery
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Age: 32
Residence: Aurora
Booking Number(s): 2008718
Arrest Date: Nov. 2, 2020
Offense Description: OWI- prior
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Age: 48
Residence: Merrillville
Booking Number(s): 2008731
Arrest Date: Nov. 2, 2020
Offense Description: Dealing narcotic drug
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Age: 37
Residence: Lansing
Booking Number(s): 2008672
Arrest Date: Nov. 1, 2020
Offense Description: Controlled substance possession
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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Age: 39
Residence: Highland
Booking Number(s): 2008694
Arrest Date: Nov. 1, 2020
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: N/A
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Age: 60
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2008698
Arrest Date: Nov. 1, 2020
Offense Description: Operating a vehicle after being a habitual traffic offender
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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Age: 38
Residence: Crown Point
Booking Number(s): 2008660
Arrest Date: Oct. 31, 2020
Offense Description: Battery
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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Age: 20
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2008637
Arrest Date: Oct. 30, 2020
Offense Description: Battery
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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Age: 30
Residence: East Chicago
Booking Number(s): 2008712
Arrest Date: Nov. 2, 2020
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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Age: 46
Residence: East Chicago
Booking Number(s): 2008692
Arrest Date: Nov. 1, 2020
Offense Description: Domestic battery
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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Age: 47
Residence: Cedar Lake
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Arrest Date: Oct. 31, 2020
Offense Description: Battery
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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Residence: Hammond
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Arrest Date: Oct. 31, 2020
Offense Description: Resisting
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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Arrest Date: Nov. 2, 2020
Offense Description: OWI
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Arrest Date: Nov. 2, 2020
Offense Description: Possession of hypodermic needle
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Highest Offense Class: Felony
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