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The Chicago fire department responded to a call last night when a vacant warehouse caught fire on Chicago’s south side. The fire is one of the biggest that Chicago’s FD has responded to in a while and officials are reporting that 1/3 of ALL Chicago firefighter personnel has been on the scene at one point or another since last night.
What makes the situation especially difficult is the sub-freezing temperatures in Chicago at the moment. Currently, it is 15 degrees in Chicago with a wind chill reaching low single digits and you can bet that it was colder last night. Not ideal conditions for blasting water out of a fire hose.
Here are 10 jaw dropping pictures from the scene:
![Chicago Freezing Fire](http://heavy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/100445.jpg)
![Chicago Freezing Fire](http://heavy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/s_c04_27662180.jpg)
![Chicago Freezing Fire](http://heavy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/s_c06_rtr3cuk6.jpg)
![Chicago Freezing Fire](http://heavy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/s_c08_rtr3cuqy.jpg)
![Chicago Freezing Fire](http://heavy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/s_c09_rtr3cukr.jpg)
![Chicago Freezing Fire](http://heavy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/s_c10_50907285.jpg)
![Chicago Freezing Fire](http://heavy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/s_c12_rtr3cuqe.jpg)
![Chicago Freezing Fire](http://heavy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/s_c13_rtr3cuqn.jpg)
![Chicago Freezing Fire](http://heavy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/s_c15_rtr3cuqd.jpg)
![Chicago Freezing Fire](http://heavy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/s_c16_rtr3cupr.jpg)
(Via The Atlantic)