10/25/13 Box Alarm 19433 John R

On Friday October 25th, 2013 at approximately 05:32 Detroit Central Office dispatched companies to a commercial building at E. Lantz and John R. The regular companies for that area were tied up at another fire on Conant... companies dispatched were Engine 35/40 Lad 17 Squad 3 and Chief 5. Chief 5 reported a commercial building 30X60 and wanted squad 3 to prepare for rapid entry.. and requested an additional engine for manpower (engine 39 was assigned). Within several minutes of our arrival evacuation tones were sounded and all companies were ordered out of the building and a defensive posture was initiated. 1-ladder pipe and several handlines were used to bring the fire under control.