A fire broke out in the 'Broken Heart' of Rogers Park around 4AM this morning at the Bar None Bar (formerly DJ's Ranch) at 6962 North Glenwood. Smoke from the fire could be seen and smelled from two blocks away.
Around a dozen fire vehicles and two dozen responders quickly attacked the blaze from the front, back and top of the building. As precaution, the DCI Furniture Store at 6956-60 North Glenwood was checked to see if the fire had spread to the south part of the building.
Damage is extensive to the Bar None, as seen from the above photograph. The DCI Furniture Store has five broken windows in the front and smoke covered furniture as damage. Joseph Ukonga, co-owner of DCI said, "I don't know why so many windows had to be broken?"
The CTA RedLine - Morse Avenue stop was not effected by the fire and service continued through-out the fires extinguishing period, which lasted about 45 minutes. Morse Avenue and Lunt were blocked off from Glenwood to Greenview. Glenwood was blocked off from Greenleaf to Morse.
No cause for the early morning fire has been determined at this moment. No one is said to be injured. A investigation into the cause of the fire is underway.
3 comments:
Huh. I smelled this fire walking home around 5am from the Loyola stop but couldn't place its location. Hope nobody was hurt.
(Side note: I normally use the Morse stop but I tend to avoid it after 2am, since that's when people seem to get shot on Morse. Otherwise I might have gotten to see all the excitement close up.)
Damn,
Now this was a quality establishment, was picking up major clientele in the community, and i myself have stopped in there many times. I hope the insurance was paid up and they can re-build ASAP.
btw Craig, great photos!
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