CFD breaking up ice on Chicago River amid cold snap
The Chicago Fire Department’s biggest icebreaker plowed through the frozen Chicago River on Wednesday.
CHICAGO - The Chicago Fire Department’s biggest icebreaker plowed through the frozen Chicago River on Wednesday.
With temperatures plunging below zero and in the single digits lately, the fire department’s Marine Unit has been busy trying to keep the river open.
It was just past 1 o’clock as the Chicago Fire Department’s Christopher Wheatley pulled away from its slip in DuSable Harbor. Its mission was to cut through the thick sheet of ice that has formed on the Chicago River since the boat last made the run two days ago.
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