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Hmm -- this building have a name, or just an address?
ABC has it on even in LA.
Turn to your local news channel.
They just said that the fire is not taking up the entire floor, so hopefully people are able to get out.
Probably not, but what crosses my mind anyway is…somebody trying to burn evidence? Just a crazy thought.
The thought crossed my mind that that kind of nothing story was like a signal. Then I said to myself, that's silly.
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LaSalle National Bank
Chicago IL United States
Status: built
Construction Dates
Started: 1931
Finished: 1934
Floor Count: 45
Building Uses
• office
Structural Types
• highrise
Architectural Style
• art deco
• art moderne
Materials
• steel
Heights Value Source / Comments
Roof 163.0 m
Description
Architect: Graham Anderson Probst and White
This is built on the site of the world's first skyscraper, The Home Insurance Building http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=10370
FOX just had a blub. more to come...
Hope everyone is all right and that they have renters insurance.
Where's O. J. Simpson?
there isn't a need for the date on every single thread.
Fire Reported On 29th Floor
POSTED: 6:46 pm CST December 6, 2004 UPDATED: 7:41 pm CST December 6, 2004
Firefighters are responding to reports of a high-rise fire at 135 South Lasalle St. at this hour.
The building is the LaSalle National Bank Building, which is a 45-story building built in 1934 -- before sprinklers were required on every floor in high-rises.
There are reports of people inside the building. Witnesses have said people are waving their hands out windows, and flames could be seen coming out of at least five windows.
The Chicago 911 center told NBC5 is has reports of people on the 26th, 27th, 30th and 34th floors.
One woman who works on the 40th floor spoke with NBC5 after she escaped from the building. She said she made her way in a stairwell to the 35th floor, where the smoke became too much for her. The woman said firefighters were able to rescue her and several others.
"The announcement said the fire was on the 29th floor, and it said for us to stay still and not to move," another woman who escaped from the building said. "We decided to just leave, despite the instructions."
Another man, who was on the 29th floor, said he did not hear a fire alarm, but saw and smelled smoke.
"I did not hear a fire alarm, I saw smoke and I immediately went down to the lobby," the man said. "The first people who came down did not hear a fire alarm, we just saw smoke."
Several fire engines have been called to the scene, as well as 10 ambulances. Several people are being treated with oxygen outside the building.
Refresh this page for updates on this developing story.
5-alarm fire.
LaSalle Bank is a HUGE sponsor of the Chicago Marathon and at least one PGA event that I know of, not to mention funding for the arts in Chicago.
Why so much hype over this fire? It seems limited to a single floor and perhaps 1 or 2 offices.
Just got home...I run the marathon (sponsored by ABN AMRO LaSalle) every year....hope none of the injured are seriously hurt.