Articles filed under Fire Protection Districts
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Fireworks, extreme drought cause of brush fire in Long GroveJul 05, 2012 2:30 pm - A rapidly growing brush fire in Long Grove Wednesday afternoon that burned approximately 18 acres of land was started by the use of illegal fireworks and exacerbated by ...
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Sink your teeth into East Dundee firefighters' meat raffleJul 05, 2012 11:00 am - East Dundee firefighters are depending on the success of the annual meat sales to carry their fundraising goals for the year. They won't have the summer barbecue as they...
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Long Grove officials probe cause of slough fireJul 05, 2012 8:00 am - Investigators have returned to the scene of a large slough fire that sparked Wednesday afternoon. Long Grove fire officials said the cause of the blaze that sparked nort...
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Hampshire fire damages three back yardsJul 04, 2012 4:24 pm - Three back yards were damaged in Hampshire Wednesday afternoon after an electrical transformer shorted out and started a fire. The Hampshire Fire Department responded to...
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Crash involving dump truck shut down Route 47 in ElburnJul 02, 2012 5:51 pm - Emergency crews were forced to cut a driver from his vehicle after a dump truck struck the driver’s side door on Route 47 in Elburn late Monday morning. Route 47 was shu...
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Some half dozen suburbs cancel fireworks displaysJul 02, 2012 11:30 am - The fireworks show scheduled for tonight at Cary's Summer Celebration won't go on. The suburb joined Antioch, Mundelein and Wheaton on Monday as communities calling off ...
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Crews still trying to locate man’s body in Antioch lakeJun 29, 2012 10:36 pm - Authorities on Friday called off the second day of searching for a 62-year-old man who is missing in Loon Lake near Antioch. Dive teams spent about nine hours Friday in ...
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Fire at ashram near La Fox under investigationJun 29, 2012 12:00 am - Authorities are investigating a fire that broke out late Thursday at a religious center in an unincorporated area near La Fox. The small fire at the Mata Amritanandamayi...
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Divers resume search for missing man on Loon LakeJun 28, 2012 4:00 pm - Dive teams have returned to the shores of west Loon Lake this morning to resume the search for the body of a 62-year-old man who was unable to get back on a boat in Anti...
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Old Sherman Hospital gets final hurrah before demolitionJun 25, 2012 5:31 pm - A portion of the old Sherman Hospital on Elgin’s east side is enjoying a final hurrah as a firefighters’ training ground before it meets the wrecking ball in July. All t...