Warehouse Fire Reignites as Crews Work to Raze Building

Construction crews began their teardown of a still-burning Bridgeport warehouse on Friday

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Firefighters work to extinguish a massive blaze at a vacant warehouse on Wednesday in Chicago, Illinois. More than 200 firefighters battled a five-alarm fire as temperatures were in the single digits.

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Firefighters work to extinguish fire that reignited in a vacant Bridgeport warehouse Thursday.

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A massive fire that engulfed a vacant warehouse in Bridgeport reignited Thursday morning.

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Five-alarm response required for massive blaze at Bridgeport warehouse.

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Water from multiple fire hoses appeared to freeze almost on impact.

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Dozens of onlookers gathered to watch crews battle a five-alarm warehouse blaze.

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A firefighter douses a massive warehouse fire with water.

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Firefighters work to extinguish a massive blaze at a vacant warehouse Wednesday. More than 200 firefighters battled a five-alarm fire as temperatures were in the single digits.

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Firefighters work to extinguish a massive blaze at a vacant warehouse Wednesday. More than 200 firefighters battled a five-alarm fire as temperatures were in the single digits.

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Firefighters work to extinguish a massive blaze at a vacant warehouse Wednesday. More than 200 firefighters battled a five-alarm fire as temperatures were in the single digits.

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Firefighters work to extinguish a massive blaze at a vacant warehouse Wednesday. More than 200 firefighters battled a five-alarm fire as temperatures were in the single digits.

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Firefighters work to extinguish a massive blaze at a vacant warehouse Wednesday. More than 200 firefighters battled a five-alarm fire as temperatures were in the single digits.

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A frozen, burned out warehouse on South Ashland Avenue in Bridgeport, taken hours after the massive fire.

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Firefighters work to extinguish a massive blaze at a vacant warehouse Wednesday. More than 200 firefighters battled a five-alarm fire as temperatures were in the single digits.

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Firefighters work to extinguish a massive blaze at a vacant warehouse Wednesday. More than 200 firefighters battled a five-alarm fire as temperatures were in the single digits.

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Firefighters work to extinguish a massive blaze at a vacant warehouse Wednesday. More than 200 firefighters battled a five-alarm fire as temperatures were in the single digits.

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Firefighters work to extinguish a massive blaze at a vacant warehouse Wednesday. More than 200 firefighters battled a five-alarm fire as temperatures were in the single digits.

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Firefighters work to extinguish a massive blaze at a vacant warehouse Wednesday. More than 200 firefighters battled a five-alarm fire as temperatures were in the single digits.

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The fire department brought out this decades-old deluge unit to blast water on the warehouse Thursday. The truck is rarely used, but still works to put out flames, the fire department said

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This rare deluge unit was brought out to pour water on the warehouse Thursday morning. The Chicago Fire Department said this deluge was from either 1969 or 1970

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Firefighters work to extinguish a massive blaze at a vacant warehouse Wednesday. More than 200 firefighters battled a five-alarm fire as temperatures were in the single digits.

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Firefighters work to extinguish a massive blaze at a vacant warehouse Wednesday. More than 200 firefighters battled a five-alarm fire as temperatures were in the single digits.

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Firefighters work to extinguish a massive blaze at a vacant warehouse Wednesday. More than 200 firefighters battled a five-alarm fire as temperatures were in the single digits.

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Firefighters continue to pour water on a warehouse in Bridgeport the morning after the South Ashland Avenue building was engulfed in flames.

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Firefighters work to extinguish a massive blaze at a vacant warehouse Wednesday. More than 200 firefighters battled a five-alarm fire as temperatures were in the single digits.

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Firefighters get ready to blast the South Ashland Avenue warehouse on Thursday, when the fire department said a fire rekindled in the building.

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Firefighters douse the South Ashland Avenue warehouse with water Thursday morning.

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A firefighter works at the warehouse on South Ashland Avenue Thursday morning, after the building once again caught on fire. It first erupted in flame Tuesday night

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The trucks blasted water at a rate of 2,500 gallons per minute, firefighters said Thursday.

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Firefighters blast water on the warehouse on South Ashland Avenue on Thursday after the fire rekindled about two and a half days later.

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Trucks blast water on the icy warehouses 3757 and 3801 S. Ashland Ave. Thursday morning.

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