Tag result for article published on Tue May 08 2012 9:56 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: house fire, outlet fire, transformer fire
Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 6:45 a.m. Tuesday to a report of an outlet on fire at a house in the 800 block of North Kennicott Avenue. The homeowner extinguished the fire with a fire extinguisher before firefighters arrived. The fire was possibly related to a transformer block plugged in to the outlet. [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sun March 25 2012 7:31 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: power outage, power outage Schaumburg, Schaumburg Fire Department, transformer fire
Schaumburg firefighter/paramedics responded about 7:14 a.m. Sunday to multiple reports of a transformer fire in the 1000 block of North Salem, near Kindercare. A power outage was also reported in the area. Firefighters checked for fire on a pole in the area, and reported that the fire was out. Power line trouble was also reported [...]
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Tag result for article published on Wed December 07 2011 4:43 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: air quality, Arixona, Phoenix, Scottsdale, transformer fire
Fire crews are battling a massive transformer fire inside an APS substation in Phoenix. Fire Capt. Scott Walker tells The Associated Press about 35,000 gallons of mineral oil in the substation will likely burn for hours. Phoenix Fire Department responded about 10 p.m. Monday west of 76th Street and Pinnacle Peak Road to a large [...]
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Tag result for article published on Fri September 24 2010 6:14 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Com Ed, high winds, power line down, power line trouble, transformer fire
High winds and some aftermath from caused some lingering problems for Com Ed in the northwest suburbs. In Arlington Heights, a transformer was reported on fire near the Nissan dealership in the 1100 block of West Dundee Road aboiut 9:40 p.m. Thursday. About 12:40 a.m. Friday Arlington Heights police and firefighters responded to a report [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sun May 02 2010 10:53 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: ComEd, gas odor, Nicor, power out, power outage, stoplights out, transformer fire
Several stoplights reported out along Northwest Highway near Ridge, and Arlington Heights Road and Park about 10:30 a.m. Sunday. A transformer was reported on fire in the 700 block of South Warren Avenue in Palatine. Fire crews reported a 35,0000 volt line down with ComEd responding to the scene. Several houses without power in the [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sat March 13 2010 6:26 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Com Ed, failed electric transformer, North, power outage, transformer fire
Arlington Heights Fire Department responded to a transformer that blew in the 700 block of East Rand Road about 5:15 a.m. Saturday. Power out in the area near Rand and Palatine Road and east of that intersection. Com Ed is responded about 7:30 a.m. Saturday.
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