Chicago fire crews respond to South Austin building collapse, explosion at Washington, Central; at least 8 hurt!

Chicago (WLS) – Chicago fire officials were responding to a collapsed structure caused by an apparent explosion in South Austin on Tuesday morning. Several people were injured. CFD tweeted just after 9:20 a.m. that five ambulances had been called to Washington Street and Central Avenue. The number was later increased to 10. Chicago fire officials said at least eight people were injured in the accident, three of them in serious or critical condition. RELATED: Ceiling collapses after fire breaks out at Fuller Park home; No injuries have been reported, says…

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Dick Wolf raises the possibility of interchangeability between law and order, the Chicago one, and the FBI franchise

Superstar TV producer Dick Wolf has long been the king of network TV action, but he currently has an amazing amount of programming that is aired and nearly all of it is connected as part of a franchise. NBC is home to Law & Order & Law & Order: Special Victims UnitAnd Law and order: organizing crimeplus a triple FBI offers, FBI, FBI: InternationalAnd FBI: Most Wanted; While CBS owns the “One Chicago” world of shows Chicago Fire, Chicago MedAnd Chicago PD. Crossovers between all nine shows have occurred over…

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