Government/Military, Other-Government/Military Chicago, IL – Fire at Ogilvie Transportation Center quickly doused by sprinkler system November 28, 2016 viking210 A small fire at the Ogilvie Transportation Center was quickly doused by a sprinkler, according to a Chicago Fire Department spokesman. The fire at the building at 500 W. Madison St. a little before 9 p.m. was put out by sprinklers, and while there was some smoke in the building, fire officials quickly declared the fire under control, the spokesman said. No one was injured, he said. Fire crews opened doors and used fans to air out the building. Metra train operations weren’t being disrupted because riders were able to enter and leave the train platform from exits other than the main one on Madison, said Tom Miller, a Metra spokesman. Some CTA buses were rerouted in the area because of the large Fire Department response for the high-rise. A few dozen people huddled near the Madison entrance until fire officials cleared the building. Corey Tate, 28, a Forest Park resident, said he was working with at least five other people on the 32nd floor when the fire alarm went off. “We decided it’s probably not safe to stay up on the 32nd floor so we took the stairwell all the way down,” Tate said. “It made my heart beat so fast. I didn’t know what the heck was going on.” A traffic reporter who works at the building, also known as the Citigroup Center, said in a tweet that his office was being evacuated because of the fire, after it was declared out.
