Articles filed under Fire
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Elk Grove Village Fire Department receives Scene Call of the Year awardJul 20, 2017 1:00 am - Seeing a helicopter land in Elk Grove Village is not an everyday occurrence, but it was a special treat as Flight For Life-McHenry presented the Elk Grove Village Fire D...
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Pain, lessons of Our Lady of the Angels fire recalledJul 19, 2017 1:00 am - Historian, survivors discuss blaze that killed 92 students, 3 nuns
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Mount Prospect discusses money for Birch Manor fire code helpJul 19, 2017 1:00 am - When residents of the Birch Manor condominium complex were recently annexed into Mount Prospect, they were told they would need to bring fire alarms and smoke detectors ...
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Mount Prospect woman rescued from burning houseJul 18, 2017 1:00 am - An elderly woman was rescued by Mount Prospect firefighters Tuesday afternoon after calling 911 to report fire and smoke coming from her basement, authorities said. The ...
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Fire damages six businesses in RoselleJul 17, 2017 1:00 am - An early morning fire Monday at a Roselle shopping center caused at least $500,000 damage and forced the temporary closure of six businesses, including a hardware store ...
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Editorial: Respect for the service, training of those who fight firesJul 16, 2017 11:00 pm - Fighting fires is and always will be a dangerous job done by brave people. Much is made of all the high-tech equipment that has been developed over the years and is cred...
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Local survivor to attend Our Lady of Angels fire presentationJul 13, 2017 1:00 am - A Hoffman Estates resident who survived the Our Lady of the Angels school fire in Chicago in 1958, along with some of his former classmates, will be on hand to answer qu...
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Elmhurst garage fire causes little damageJul 12, 2017 1:00 am - No injuries were reported and damage was minimal in a Tuesday evening fire inside a detached garage on the 600 block of South York Road in Elmhurst, firefighters said We...
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Prairie Road in Buffalo Grove reopened after lightning strikeJul 12, 2017 1:00 am - Prairie Road in Buffalo Grove has reopened after firefighters responded to reports of a possible house fire, officials said. A resident reported that lightning had stru...
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Palatine firefighter family bids farewell to early volunteerJul 08, 2017 1:00 am - As fire raged through the Ben Franklin store in Palatine on Feb. 23, 1973, volunteer firefighter George Palmer, a masterful engineer on the department's snorkel truck, r...