Tag result for article published on Fri December 21 2012 10:03 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: extra alarm fire, fire, MABAS, MABAS Box Third Level, McHenry, McHenry FPD, restaurant fire, restaurant fire McHenry
Video from photo retouch artist Laura Schramm of Behnke Photographics (behnkephotoart.com). McHenry FPD firefighters responded about 9:00 p.m. Thursday to Windy City Wings, 1266 N. Green St., to a report of flames coming from the business. Firefighters arrived and reported a downed power line on the building that was arcing and had started a fire. [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sun November 04 2012 5:41 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: contents fire, fire, Palatine Fire Department
Palatine police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 4:11 AM Sunday fire in a machine in produce section at Dominick’s, 720 West Euclid Avenue. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that a machine in the produce section was sparking and flames could be seen. Firefighters at the rear of the store reported heavy smoke. A small fire [...]
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Tag result for article published on Wed October 31 2012 5:54 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: fire, gas fire, Mantoloking, New Jersey
Aerial view of fire in the New Jersey shore town of Mantoloking that was hit hard by Sandy. A fire is burning in Mantoloking, New Jersey — shore town that was seriously damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Video from WNBC-TV in New York shows flames reaching in the sky over Mantoloking, and a helicopter view on [...]
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Posted in Disaster Report, FD Notebook
Tag result for article published on Sat September 15 2012 6:03 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: fence fire, fire, Rolling Meadows Fire Department, suspicious fire
Rolling Meadows firefighter/paramedics responded about 5:01:47 AM Saturday to a fence fire at Meadow and Kirchoff The fire was extinguished within a few minutes. Police and firefighter/paramedics reported that the fence fire was suspicious and called out a fire investigator to the scene.
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Posted in CRIME BLOG B, FIREBLOG B
Tag result for article published on Sat June 02 2012 9:47 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: arson, arson Arlington Heights, fire
Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 9:25 p.m. Saturday to a report of a porta-potty on fire at Edgar Allan Poe School, 2800 North Highland Avenue. Police received a report that children may have tossed something inside the porta-potty. Firefighters extinguished the fire, which destroyed the porta-potty.
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Tag result for article published on Sun April 22 2012 7:45 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: car fire, car Rolling Meadows, fire, Rolling Meadows Fire Department, Rolling Meadows Police Department
Arlington Heights and Rolling Meadows firefighters responded about 7:35 a.m. Sunday to a report of a car fire in the parking lot at Walmart, 1460 Golf Road. An older model red Pontiac was well-involved with fire. Firefighters were out with one line. No reports of any injuries.
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Tag result for article published on Mon April 09 2012 7:03 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: fire, fire Buffalo Grove, suspicious fire, suspicious fire Buffalo Grove
Buffalo Grove police and firefighters responded about 10:20 p.m. Sunday to a report of an object on fire in front of a garage in front of a townhouse condominium in the 200 block of Taylor Court.
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Tag result for article published on Sun February 05 2012 4:43 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: explosion, fire, Graham, house fire, Washington
Josh Powell, the husband of a missing Utah woman, Susan Powell, and subject of a child pornography and voyeurism investigation in September 2011, tells the court that his children have never been at harm, and have never been at risk of harm. A gas explosion occurred minutes after a Child Protective Services worker brought Josh [...]
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Posted in Crimes Notebook
Tag result for article published on Tue December 20 2011 11:14 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Arlington Heights, Arlington Heights Fire Department, fire, house fire, house fire Arlington Heights, North, pet killed, pet killed in fire, sparking electrical outlet
VIDEO: House fire after sparking outlet, couch fire and heat destroyed kitchen and dining room contents. Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 6:29 p.m. Tuesday to a report of an outlet sparking and a couch on fire in the 900 block of West Lynnwood Avenue. First firefighters on the scene reported light smoke showing. [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sat November 26 2011 10:41 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Arlington Heights Fire Department, fire, North, residential fire Arlington Heights, townhouse fire, townhouse fire Arlington Heights
Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 10:07 p.m. Friday to a report of a fire in a furnace room or fireplace in the 500 block of Happfield Drive. Police arrived first and reported a working fire. Firefighters had the fire extinguished by 10:15 p.m. Heavy smoke was reported on the inside of the residence. [...]
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Tag result for article published on Wed November 23 2011 12:23 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: apartment fire, fire, Palatine, Palatine Fire Department
VIDEO: Firefighter responded from Renaissance Place to an apartment fire at 1085 Dundee Quarter. Palatine firefighter/paramedics responded about 12:10 AM Wednesday to an apartment fire at Renaissance Towers, at 1 Renaissance Place. Firefighters reported a fire on the sixth floor but a resident reported that the fire was already out. At least one victim was [...]
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Tag result for article published on Mon November 14 2011 9:10 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: commercial building fire, fire, Schaumburg
Schaumburg police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 8:42 a.m. Monday to The Currency Exchange, 1019 South Roselle Road. Initially police responded to an activated burglar alarm, but on arrival reported a lot of smoke in the building. The Subway next door was evacuated after smoke drifted there from the currency exchange. Firefighters arrived and reported a [...]
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