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Fire at 500 W Monroe

Today, just before noon, a fire broke out on the roof of the building at 500 W Monroe St. The fire was contained to the roof and thank goodness there were no injuries.

http://www.nbc5.com/news/11421002/detail.html

I left a little early for lunch, right around the time it broke out and happened to see the smoke as I turned around. I had actually been planning on walking north today, away from downtown, when it started. Immediately I headed towards the area, arriving just after the fire trucks and emergency vehicles did. Of course I had my camera with me and started shooting away.

Around 12:40 I was back in the office and I uploaded a few of the shots to my flickr account, making sure to post to the Chicago and Chicago Public Radio groups.

The above is my favorite shot of the grouping and as it turns out, ChicagoPublicRadio.com picked up the photo for their front page for the rest of today.

Ah internets, how neat you are.