Article: Inspectors say electric short caused fire in Chicago bank's skyscraper home.

Article: LaSalle Bank fire blamed on wiring Fire ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  December 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... than five hours at the LaSalle Bank building, investigators ... Martin of the Chicago Fire Department's Office of Fire ... were injured at the LaSalle Bank building, Chicago ... evacuated safely. The Fire Department has been widely praised ...

Article: Investigators sift through LaSalle Bank fire debris ...
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  December 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Larry Langford, a Chicago Fire Department spokesman. "They have ... building, which houses 3,000 LaSalle Bank employees and more than ... night. Shawn Platt, a LaSalle Bank spokesman, said he has ... that responded. About 450 Fire Department employees were dispatched ...

Article: Fire Sprinkler Group Says LaSalle Bank Fire is a ...
PR Newswire;  December 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... wait. The fire tonight at the LaSalle Bank building is a wake up call that ... sprinklers," he said. Lia said the LaSalle Bank high-rise fire is another example ... the fire in control until the fire department arrived," Lia said. "Flashover ...

Article: Devastating Chicago LaSalle Bank Fire Shows Urgent ...
PR Newswire;  December 16, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Chicago high-rise building, which housed 3,000 LaSalle Bank employees and more than 40 smaller firms. The ... at around 6:30 p.m. last Monday, took 450 fire department employees more than five hours to extinguish ...

Article: Fire Closes LaSalle Bank Headquarters.
American Banker;  December 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ...LaSalle Bank Corp.'s corporate headquarters in downtown Chicago was closed Tuesday ... of Tuesday afternoon it was still under the control of the Chicago Fire Department, who were investigating the cause of the fire. LaSalle has $106 ...

Article: Firefighters put people first in blaze that 'didn't want to die' ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  December 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ...A five-alarm fire at the LaSalle Bank building raged for more than ... cleared the building." The Fire Department also assigned "50 to 75" firefighters ... to pinpoint personnel. The Fire Department also used a floor plan on file ...

Article: Salvation Army Immediately on Scene After Fire Breaks Out in ...
PR Newswire;  December 7, 2004 ;     519 words ... ... the scene after a fire broke out on the 29th floor of the LaSalle Bank high-rise building located in the Chicago Loop yesterday ... triage center on the 26th floor of the building. Chicago Fire Department Commissioner Cortez Trotter personally thanked The Salvation ...