This Is What Happens When You Fight Fires In -17C Weather

This Is What Happens When You Fight Fires In -17C Weather


Firefighting is an extremely dangerous job on par with helicopter linemen and pizza delivery boys. But when fighting a Chicago-area warehouse inferno earlier today, crews had to endure both fire and ice caused temperatures hovering just above -17C.


Check out shots of the fire’s aftermath over at the Wall Street Journal. [WSJ]

Picture: AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast


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