The Cardinal

Des Plaines police and firefighter/paramedics responded 12:06 AM Monday to a house fire in the 1000 block of Irwin Avenue, just north of Lake Opeka. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report initially that two people were trapped in the home. A police officer attempted a rescue, and a male resident escaped from the split-level home. [...]

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An early morning, overnight house fire killed Hoffman Estates resident Emmett Keating in an early morning fire overnight. Emmet Keating was over 90-years-old and used a wheelchair. Two people escaped the house fire and told police that an elderly man, who was wheelchair-bound, was still in the burning house. Firefighters immediately went to work, searched [...]

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A Christmas morning fire that killed a couple and three of their grandchildren was accidentally started by old fireplace embers that had been discarded outdoors near a first-floor entryway, officials said Tuesday. The mayor of Stamford, Conn., says the city has probably never seen a worse Christmas Day. Five people died in an early morning [...]

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The mayor of Stamford, Conn., says the city has probably never seen a worse Christmas Day. Five people died in an early morning house fire. Stamford firefighters responded about 4:52 a.m. Christmas Day to a fully involved house fire at 2267 Shippan Avenue in Stamford. Two people escaped the fire, but five people perished when [...]

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Article updated 6:00 a.m. Saturday … Palatine police and firefighter/paramedics responded to a report at 11:51 a.m. Friday of smoke in a house in the 1100 block of West Mallard Drive. The caller stated she could not get in the house and that she saw and smelled smoke, and that she could hear the smoke [...]

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Seven children, including a 7-month-old girl, perished in a fast-moving fire in a home on a Pennsylvania dairy farm while their mother milked cows and their father dozed in a milk truck down the road while taking a break from work as a milk delivery truck driver. A fire at a farmhouse in Blain, Pennsylvania [...]

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Maywood firefighter/paramedics and police responded about 4:00 a.m. Wednesday to a well-involved house fire at 809 South 16th Avenue. On arrival, police and firefighters discovered two people on the roof of the home at a temperature near zero degrees Fahrenheit. Two more women were trapped in the fire. One woman was rescued or recovered from [...]

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Prospect Heights firefighters and Illinois State Fire Marshal investigating house fire on South Maple in Prospect Heights. Prospect Heights firefighter/paramedics responded about 3:20 a.m. Saturday to the scene of a house fire with a couch on fire in the 200 bock of South Maple in Prospect Heights. Prospect Heights police arrived first on the scene [...]

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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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View Chicagoland Major Fires & Rescues 955 Cottage Place in a larger map Joliet Fire Department responded about 2:00 p.m. to a house fire at 955 Cottage Place. Jayden, who was severely burned was pronounced dead at 3:51 p.m., according to the Will County coroner. Apparently Jayden’s father, who was asleep at the time of [...]

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