DNC Chicago DOOM! Explosion And Fire In West Loop At SoHo House Chicago Hotel

SoHo House Chicago Hotel evacuated as CFD battles ComEd electrical vault fire in West Loop CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago firefighters battled an electrical vault fire in the West Loop Wednesday morning. The fire broke out at about 4:02 a.m. on Green Street near Randolph Street.The fire prompted a Level 2 Hazmat response with a nearby hotel evacuated, Chicago Fire Media said. Chopper7 flew above the scene, with flames shooting up from the sidewalk."There was a loud kind of explosion and it smelled like burned coffee actually, not so much just roasting coffee and then the fire alarm went off," hotel guest Robert Watkins said. "They went door-to-door, the hotel did a great job getting everybody out. We came out, you could see in the front of the building a huge fire coming out of the manhole on the street, 10 foot high flames, bunch of smoke, a lot of crackling and popping, like small little explosions and they brought us to this side of the street and the fire company showed up."Shortly after 6 a.m., CFD said the fire was struck. ComEd crews on the scene shut down power to the area ComEd said the vault has been de-energized and 39 customers are impacted. ComEd said they are working to restore power. No injuries have been reported, CFD said. Source