BARTLETT, Ill. (WLS) — An enormous warehouse fireplace in northwest suburban Bartlett continues to burn for a second day Friday morning.

Intense flames engulfed the 250,000 sq. foot warehouse within the 1200-block of Humbracht Circle in Brewster Creek Business Park, utilized by a doc storage firm referred to as Access.

Bartlett warehouse fireplace is ‘multi-day occasion,’ fireplace chief says

Officials stated the warehouse was stacked flooring to ceiling with packing containers of paperwork, offering ample gas for the hearth.

What staff stated started as just a few packing containers on fireplace grew into an inferno.

“These walls are collapsing on us,” stated Bartlett Fire Chief William Gabrenya. “We don’t want to get any of the firefighters within that collapse zone, so at this point, we’re all aerials operations.”

Gabrenya stated Friday morning that they anticipate the hearth to be a multi-day occasion.

The smoke from the hearth was so intense the plume was seen on ABC7’s Live Doppler 7 Max climate radar.

The constructing is a complete loss and fireplace crews slowed down operations in an effort to give attention to security as they battled single digit temperatures.

“Some of the pumps have been freezing, some of the waterlines have been frozen and we got a lot of ice on the ground so we had a couple firefighters slip and fall,” Gabrenya stated. “So we’re trying to keep people warm so we’re rotating crews in and out to keep them warm.”

More crews have been referred to as in and the water being thrown on prime has triggered massive areas of particles to freeze.

At one level a lot water was getting used fireplace officers say it began to empty the municipal water provide.

Meanwhile the air high quality shouldn’t be a priority.

“It’s just paper that’s burning in that building so there’s no chemicals or no other hazards in that building so at this point we really don’t have a concern for the air quality,” Gabrenya stated.

The bother started round 10 a.m. Thursday. Officials stated a sprinkler system initially saved the hearth in examine, however when a sequence of metal racks getting used to retailer packing containers collapsed, there was no saving the warehouse.

In an announcement, Access stated all its staff evacuated the constructing and are protected. The firm added that it’s working with native authorities to find out the reason for the hearth.

Access additionally stated a restoration crew is working onsite to “assess the situation, determine any impact, and take necessary actions.”

And whereas almost 10 miles southwest of the hearth a resident in Geneva despatched ABC7 a photograph of attainable ash from the blaze he present in his yard, officers stated the air is protected.

“It’s just paper products that are burning in there, so we’re not really concerned with air quality at this point,” Gabrenya stated.

The reason behind the hearth remains to be undetermined. A spokesperson for Access stated Friday, “We continue to work with local authorities and our onsite recovery team to assess the situation, determine any impact, and take necessary actions once it’s safe to do so. “