Large fire spreads in building on Chicago's West Side, second in 2 days

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Large fire spreads in building on Chicago's West Side, second in 2 days
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This is the second fire in as many days that's broken out on Chicago's West Side.

CHICAGO -- A large fire creating huge amounts of smoke broke out at a building on Chicago 's West Side Wednesday evening, the second massive fire in the city within two days.Fire crews were spraying water from multiple angles at the building in 2800 block of West Grand Avenue near the intersection with California. Large amounts of smoke were visible from the air.

In a post on X, the department said there were no injuries reported as of 7:20 p.m.The exact cause of the fire was unclear as of about 7 p.m.Wednesday's fire came just one day after another massive fire completely destroyed a pallet repair business in the 2000 block of West Hubbard Street that required nearly 300 firefighters and 80 different pieces of equipment to get under control.

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