Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:

More than 12 hours after the initial smoke alarms sounded, firefighters were still working to contain a massive fire that destroyed a warehouse at the Brewster Creek Business Park in Bartlett, a suburb west of Chicago.

The blaze broke out at Access, a secure document storage facility located at 1200 Humbracht Circle. The warehouse was fully packed with boxes of documents, creating a perfect environment for the fire to spread rapidly. What workers initially thought was just a few burning boxes quickly escalated into an uncontrollable inferno.

The incident began around 10 a.m., when the sprinkler system managed to keep the flames under control for a while. However, the situation worsened when a series of steel storage racks collapsed, causing the fire to spread beyond any chance of containment.

In a statement, Access confirmed that all employees had safely evacuated the building and are accounted for. The company is currently cooperating with local authorities to investigate the cause of the fire and assess the damage.

Here’s what Larry Shapiro shared:

I arrived at the scene around 10:30 a.m., when it was classified as a second alarm MABAS Box. The Mobile Ventilation Unit (MVU) was used to clear smoke from the warehouse after several Bartlett companies had already entered the building. I mainly focused on capturing images of the large number of emergency vehicles on site, as crews were beginning to wrap up their operations and release most units, except for those from Bartlett. At 3:45 p.m., a Box Alarm was called in due to the sudden intensification of the fire, indicating that the situation had become much more severe by then.

Larry Shapiro photo

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