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7 ways to prevent a house fire during winterJan 15, 2018 12:00 am - House fires have injured a firefighter in Elgin, hurt three people in Lake Villa and left homes in Wauconda, Hoffman Estates and Naperville uninhabitable, all in the las...
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Chimney fire displaces Wauconda familyJan 14, 2018 12:00 am - Fire erupted in a chimney in a home in Wauconda Saturday night as the family enjoyed a fire in the fireplace. The fire on the 400 block of Oak Grove Circle damaged all t...
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Firefighter OK after touching live wire in Elgin fireJan 14, 2018 12:00 am - A firefighter was injured and a house left uninhabitable Sunday after a Saturday night fire burned an unused mattress in an attic of a house near downtown Elgin. Battali...
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Nobody injured in Hoffman Estates house fireJan 14, 2018 12:00 am - No injuries were reported in a fire that left a Hoffman Estates home uninhabitable Sunday afternoon, fire officials said. Crews responded about 2:05 p.m. to the 4900 blo...
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Barn fire kills 30 chickens, several alpacas near LibertyvilleJan 09, 2018 12:00 am - Thirty chickens and several alpacas died when a Libertyville barn caught fire Tuesday afternoon. Libertyville Fire Department Assistant Chief Brian Conner said the fire ...
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Waukegan home again the site of tragedy as body is found in backyardJan 08, 2018 12:00 am - Tragedy appears to have returned to a Waukegan home that may now be the site of two deaths in as many months. According to a news release from Waukegan police, a body wa...
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Firefighter suffers minor injury at Hoffman Estates fireJan 08, 2018 12:00 am - A Hoffman Estates firefighter suffered a minor injury and is expected to fully recover while a resident was treated and released at the scene of a pre-dawn townhouse fir...
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Chief: Damage from garage fire mitigated by Mundelein teen's actionsJan 07, 2018 12:00 am - Quick thinking by a Mundelein teen mitigated the possible damage to his home after the attached garage caught fire Saturday night, officials said. The 14-year-old was ho...
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Garbage truck catches fire on Higgins Road near Elk Grove VillageJan 06, 2018 12:00 am - For some of the Northwest suburbs' firefighters, work on Saturday was literally hot garbage. The Elk Grove Village Fire Department had to close every lane of Higgins Roa...
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Elgin fire union wants judge to halt city's staffing plan until arbitrator decidesJan 04, 2018 12:00 am - A judge will decide whether a city of Elgin plan to reduce staffing at two fire stations to save some $750,000 a year in overtime should go forward now or be put on hold...