As truck 81 pulled back up to their zone Matt rubbed his eyes sleepily. When he looked up he saw that the house closest to the plant was fully engulfed and there were flames shooting out of one of the large tanks. "Okay guys, look alive." He called back to his exhausted crew.

Once he jumped out of the truck a lieutenant from the other crew ran over to him. "There was an explosion in zone 2 that ignited the tanker on the edge of this zone. We've got that you guys take the house." He said and pointed to the flaming building.

"Got it," he answered and turned to the others. "Primary search of the house is me and Hermann; Severide and Mills." Matt said looking to Kelly for approval.

Severide nodded and looked to the others, "Otis, Cruz vent the roof, everyone else set up attack lines." Kelly looked over to the other two lieutenants, "We've got this if you want to go help over at the tanks." He told them and they ran into the industrial yard.

The four men that were headed inside put on their masks and ran into the black smoke. The fire was burning hot from all of the industrial fumes circling it. Once Hermann and Casey finished their search of the top floor they walked over to the balcony where they could see Kelly and Mills below. "Clear up here!" Casey yelled.

"Get out of there guys smokes black." Cruz called through the radio.

"We gotta go this is burning too hot!" Kelly yelled back as a piece of sheetrock fell off of the ceiling that was under Matt. "Casey move, it's unstable!" He yelled but it was too late. As Casey and Hermann tried to jump back the floor gave and it collapsed bringing the majority of the outer wall and a lot of the roof down with it.

Outside the men looked on in shock at the crumbling structure coming down on the four inside. "Get another crew over here!" Cruz finally yelled. "Otis, you're with me, Newhouse, Tony follow us in with attack lines to cover us." The others put on masks as well and ran into the flaming building.

They made it to the area where the four pass alarms were screaming in different intervals but all close together. They made it over to them and for the most part Casey and Hermann were on top of the rubble. Cruz went to Hermann first and started to push the charred wood fragments and melted shingles off of his back. When Cruz shook him he quickly came to. "You okay?" Cruz asked.

"Yeah" He replied and stood up. He looked around and saw the top of a helmet that had been pushed from someone's head. Once he made it to it he started to dig and found Kelly's body below about a foot of rubble. He flipped him over and shook him in a failed attempt to wake him up. "We've got to get Severide out!" He yelled and Newhouse stepped away from the attack line and grabbed Kelly's legs.

Once they walked out the doors Severide let out a loud yelp. He started to worm around in their arms and they placed him down out on the sidewalk. He pulled off his coat and they could see open blisters on his lower back through the burnt holes in his shirt. "Severide don't touch it." Hermann said and held Kelly's wrists so he couldn't try to pull off his shirt.

By then the medics were taking care of him and the other two ran back inside. Otis had spotted another body with a large section of the trussing laying on his lower back. With three of them they were able to lift the burning wood and pull Casey out at the same time. He stood up shakily he looked around confused. "Let's get out of here Lieutenant." Otis said and half drug him through the door.

He helped Matt sit down on the curb next to Kelly and gave him a bottle of water before going back inside for Mills. Back inside they had discovered Mills under about a foot and a half of rubble and the same beam Casey was under. They carried him out and placed him on a gurney. When he didn't regain consciousness, he was loaded into an ambulance and they pushed Kelly into the passenger seat to go get his burns looked at.

By then Matt had regained enough frame of mind they didn't force him to go to the hospital. "Set up the water cannons, go defensive." Matt coughed.

The fire was starting to run out of fuel and they were able to quickly quench the flames after that. Once the house was left as a smoldering shell they went back into the industrial yard where they were spraying the tanker which was spewing flames from the pressure release valve like at the train crash. When the valve was melted shut the other crews started to lose their composure. "Any ideas?" Keith walked up to Matt and asked.

"We've seen something like this before. Guys get a hose and tie it off somewhere, just like the train crash." He ordered and the hose was quickly set up like a flamethrower, burning off all of the fuel.

A few hours later, once the blaze was starting to die down, the other shift left and left 81 to work. It was evident that the fire was starting to lose its fuel because it was slowly shrinking. Once they made it back to the firehouse they were staying at Matt and the rest of the men walked in like zombies and Matt barely made it to his bunk before he passed out.

He slept soundly for 7 hours and 40 minutes when Otis came to offer him food. As he shambled back into the kitchen and was greeted with a large plate he noticed Severide sitting at the table. "Hey, so what's the prognosis?" He asked.

"Mostly first degree burns some second and some bruising; I got some pain meds and slept at the hospital during my concussion observation." He smiled. "They didn't find anything so here I am." Kelly said holding his arms out in a grand fashion.

Matt smiled at him and sat down. "How's Mills?" He asked softly.

"Bad concussion, pulled ligament in his leg, and first degree burns on his neck." He listed off the injuries. "He'll be fine." Kelly added.

Matt sighed relieved. A little while later they were back to work on the fire that had now been cut in half in size and it finally looked like they were on the home stretch.