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Body discovered in burning Fox Lake homeJun 27, 2024 2:17 pm - Firefighters discovered the body of a man while battling a blaze at a Fox Lake home Thursday morning, authorities said.
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Naperville firefighters extinguish blaze at condo complexJun 23, 2024 11:37 am - Naperville firefighters battled a blaze early Sunday morning at the Winchester Place Condominium complex on the city’s southwest side, authorities said.
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‘It’s a matter of when’: Roof design leaves suburban apartment buildings vulnerable to fireJun 22, 2024 5:00 pm - The fire that gutted a Mount Prospect apartment building last week, leaving some 100 residents without homes, has something in common with several similarly devastating blazes in recent years - a mansard-style roof. Here’s why fire experts say they’re a problem.
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No injuries in Lombard truck fireJun 21, 2024 7:02 pm - A Thursday evening fire in Lombard remains under investigation, according to the Lombard Fire Investigations Unit.
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Investigators search for cause of Mount Prospect apartment blazeJun 19, 2024 9:19 pm - Investigators continue to search for what sparked a Mount Prospect apartment fire Monday evening that gutted the 36-unit building and displaced about 100 residents.
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Multi-alarm blaze at Mount Prospect apartment complexJun 17, 2024 10:06 pm - Mount Prospect firefighters were battling a multi-alarm blaze at an apartment complex on the 1800 block of W. Palm Drive.
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Police help resident escape house fire near Island LakeJun 17, 2024 11:25 am - An Island Lake-area resident was able to escape a house fire unharmed with the help of police Sunday afternoon, officials said.
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One person hurt in Vernon Hills house fireJun 12, 2024 10:40 am - One person suffered minor injuries and was taken to a hospital after a Wednesday morning house fire in Vernon Hills. Firefighters were called to the two-story, single-fam...
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Unattended cooking blamed for Bartlett house fireJun 06, 2024 11:02 am - No injuries were reported after fire broke out Wednesday in a Bartlett home, authorities said.
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Officials: Brothers found outside Highland Park fire died from gunshot woundsJun 05, 2024 8:36 am - Lake County authorities said two men found dead outside a burning home in Highland Park early Wednesday sustained “suspicious injuries.”