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Captain Herbert Johnson and Commissioner Jose Santiago, Chicago Fire Department. A Chicago Fire Department firefighter died tonight while he was being treated in the University of Chicago Hospitals Emergency Department for injuries he suffered in a house fire. The house fire, initially reported in an attic, was in a 2.5-story home in the 2300 block [...]

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Video of scene before and during arrival of Chicago firefighters at ET Muffler 4801 Foster Avenue. Sparks from tools may have started a fire that engulfed the ET Muffler shop about 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, August 3, 2010. Chicago Fire Department called out a 2-11 Alarm or second alarm for firefighters and equipment at 6:50 p.m. [...]

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Cell phone video showing thick, black smoke just south of State and Bellevue. CTA REPORTING NORMAL SERVICE FOR RED LINE AS OF 4:00 AM JUNE 21 2010 CTA ‘L’ Train Service Alerts | Google Transit — google.com/transit Chicago Fire Department responded to a subway fire just after 5:00 p.m. Sunday in the 1200 block of [...]

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2 Homewood Firefighters Critically Injured, Firefighter Brian Carey Pronounced Dead at 10:03 p.m.
Homewood Fire Department responded about 9:00 p.m. Tuesday to a fully involved house fire at 17622 Lincoln in Homewood. There was report upon arrival of firefighters that a person was trapped inside the house. A husband and wife were living in the home, but [...]

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