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Roof fire damages Prospect Heights businessDec 16, 2017 12:00 am - Prospect Heights firefighters who responded about 6:47 p.m. Friday to a report of smoke in or from a strip shopping center in the 1200 block of north Elmhurst Road initi...
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Algonquin woman found dead in home where fire occurredDec 16, 2017 12:00 am - An Algonquin woman was found dead Friday after a fire in her house, according to the McHenry County coroner's office. Rosemary Schwieger, 72, of the 1000 block of Grayha...
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Six people taken to hospital from Lisle house fireDec 16, 2017 12:00 am - Six people were taken to the hospital on Saturday after a fire in Lisle destroyed a home. The cause of the fire is not yet definitively known, but investigators say it s...
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Three pets killed in Hoffman Estates fireDec 15, 2017 12:00 am - A dog and two birds died as a result of a fire that caused $150,000 in damage to a Hoffman Estates home Friday afternoon. Firefighters arrived about 2:30 p.m. to find fi...
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Hoffman Estates townhouse catches fireDec 15, 2017 12:00 am - Hoffman Estates Fire Department officials are investigating what caused a townhouse fire Wednesday. Authorities said about $100,000 in damage occurred at the home on the...
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Dozens of firefighters needed to put out fire that gutted Elgin homeDec 12, 2017 12:00 am - Dozens of Northwest suburban firefighters battled a blaze Monday night that gutted an Elgin home, but left no one injured, authorities said. Bartlett Fire Protection Di...
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Elgin home severely damaged in fireDec 11, 2017 12:00 am - Firefighters from multiple departments responded to a blaze Monday night at home of the 100 block of Rolling Knolls Avenue in Elgin. Initial reports indicated the fire s...
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Nobody injured in Bartlett house fireDec 10, 2017 12:00 am - Nobody was injured in a fire Saturday evening that left a Bartlett house uninhabitable, officials said. Crews responded about 7 p.m. to the 200 block of Hawk Hollow Driv...
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Brush fires fought along Route 53 near SchaumburgDec 07, 2017 12:00 am - Schaumburg firefighters and Illinois State Police responded to a scattering of brush fires along the east side of Route 53 between Higgins and Golf roads near Schaumburg...
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New Arlington Heights deputy fire chief promotedDec 07, 2017 12:00 am - Arlington Heights officials have promoted Andrew Larson to deputy fire chief following the retirement of Bernie Lyons. Larson, a 20-year veteran of the fire department, ...