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From Propane Gas to Flicker Effects, How ‘Chicago Fire’ Pulls Off Its Blazing Sequences

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A.D. Amorosi Ever since its 2012 start, no matter how attractive its actors, there is only one person who truly puts the heat, smoke and flames to “Chicago Fire”: special effects coordinator and pyrotechnic John Milinac.

Fire may be the star of Dick Wolf’s red-hot series, but Milinac is its master. For ten seasons, Milinac has pitted Chicago’s imaginary firefighters and paramedics against raging flames, quickly enveloping smoke and crumbling properties, as well as exploding cars, runaway trucks, un-moored electrical wires and more than a few slippery roofs.

Working on this season’s seventh episode when speaking to Variety, Milinac and his 13-person team are prepping a “burn stage” and all of its elements so that it can be turn-key ready for filming on Tuesday morning. “That’s a lot of push, especially after we just wrapped an exterior fire that was condensed — which means things are overlapping — and next, we have some carnage with a handful of vehicles, which means we’re going to have some pre-damage to do in advance.” Along with creating and executing such levels of destruction, “Chicago Fire” style, Milinac has to speak with nearly every on-set head — from art departments to writers — before he and his team can hit the ground running. “A lot of action from one episode often bleeds into that of another, so that’s always on my mind.” Milinac didn’t just show up on the set of “Chicago Fire” with a blow torch and a dream.

He cut his teeth in mechanical SFX coordination and supervision for films such as 2010’s “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and 2009’s “Friday the 13” — where fire, snow and rain were vital to the story. “Personally, it’s a sense of expansion, always learning something new,” he says. “You learn what you can

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