Articles filed under Fire
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Batavia Fire Department hopes new app gets people to check home's safetyJul 31, 2019 1:00 am - The Batavia Fire Department wants you to do a safety check on your house. For years, it has offered to send firefighters to do a 52-point assessment. Can your address nu...
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Aurora school damaged by fire SundayJul 30, 2019 1:00 am - First-grade students at John Gates Elementary School in Aurora will learn in improvised quarters this fall, as the school repairs damage from a fire Sunday in one wing o...
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At least one person hurt in Streamwood explosion, fireJul 29, 2019 1:00 am - One person was hurt in an explosion and subsequent townhouse fire Monday in Streamwood, officials said. Authorities responded at 4:02 p.m. to reports of an explosion tha...
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Round Lake Beach garage fire put out by neighborJul 26, 2019 1:00 am - When Round Lake Beach resident Richard J. Wennerberg Jr. left work early on Friday, he did not expect to be putting out flames engulfing his elderly neighbor’s garage. “...
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Three people sent to hospital after grill explosion at District 300 employee eventJul 25, 2019 1:00 am - A propane grill explosion sent three people to the hospital Thursday during an Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300 employee recognition event, fire officials sai...
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No sprinklers, fire alarms in ravaged Crystal Lake condo buildingJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - There were no fire-suppression sprinklers or fire alarms in a Crystal Lake condominium building gutted by a blaze early Wednesday morning, authorities said Thursday. Cry...
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Body found after Aurora house fire; foul play not suspectedJul 16, 2019 1:00 am - A woman's body was found Tuesday morning after a fire at a house on the 1100 block of South State St. in Aurora Township, authorities said. The woman has been identified...
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Hoffman Estates fire does $400,000 in damage to single-family homeJul 13, 2019 1:00 am - A fire Friday afternoon in Hoffman Estates did about $400,000 in damage to a two-story, single-family home, fire officials estimated in a news release. Upon arrival at t...
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Authorities investigating after 3 found dead in burning house near ElmhurstJul 13, 2019 1:00 am - Three people were found dead in a home after authorities responded to a house fire Friday evening in unincorporated DuPage County near Elmhurst. At about 9:30 p.m., DuPa...
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Man airlifted to burn center after early morning Batavia fireJul 13, 2019 1:00 am - A 33-year-old man was airlifted to the Loyola Medical Center in Maywood for treatment of burns after a house fire early today in Batavia. All occupants of the house in t...