Early Wednesday morning, an electrical vault fire led to the evacuation of both guests and employees from the Soho House hotel in Chicago's West Loop. The Chicago Fire Department reported that the incident prompted a hazmat response shortly before 6 a.m. at the address of 113 North Green Street, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The fire was extinguished a few minutes later, and the department confirmed that there were no injuries.
ALERT level 2 hazmat response for electrical vault fire 113 North Green Evacuation of hotel in progress
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As firefighters worked diligently to control the scene, fire officials requested a CTA bus to shelter those suddenly found to be displaced from the members-only establishment. ComEd was called to respond to the resulting local power outage, with the utility company reporting that they had de-energized the vault and were working to safely restore electricity to the area. As reported by NBC Chicago, as many as 39 customers were affected by the outage.
