Fire Notebook

Fire at Sunrise Electronics on Martin Lane, Elk Grove Village

Wed Jul 27, 2011 09:46 pm Cardinal News

Elk Grove Village firefighters/paramedics and police responded about 9:05 p.m. Wednesday to an activated alarm at a commercial building at 130 Martin Lane, Sunrise Electronics. Firefighters reported a fire at the scene, which they later […]

Dryer Fire at Executive Plaza Hotel in Prospect Heights

Tue Jul 26, 2011 09:09 am Cardinal News

Prospect Heights firefighter/paramedics and police responded about to a dryer fire in a hotel laundry room at the Executive Plaza Hotel, 1090 South Milwaukee Avenue. Firefighters reported they had a working fire. The fire was […]

Mount Prospect Extra Alarm Fire: Colonial Greens Apartment Building on Algonquin Rd, Top Floor and Roof Destroyed

Sat Jul 23, 2011 08:31 am Cardinal News

Video of the fully-involved third floor of the Colonial Greens Apartments that destroyed the building at 2024 West Algonquin Road, Mount Prospect. Mount Prospect firefighter/paramedics and police responded about 3:40 a.m. Saturday to a report […]

Storm Report: Flooding, Downed Power Lines

Sat Jul 23, 2011 03:51 am Cardinal News

A line of storms grew along Lake Cook Road about midnight from Barrington to the Lake Michigan shore. The storm grew in length and width as a very large complex of thunderstorms approached from the […]

2 Killed in Personal Car: First Passenger Car of Metra Train Derailed at Crossing Near Oak Forest After Crash

Thu Jul 21, 2011 04:52 pm Cardinal News

Train vs. Car Crash on the Rock Island Metra Line Kills At Least One Person Oak Forest firefighter/paramedics and Oak Forest police responded just after 4:00 p.m. Thursday to a car vs. train collision near […]

Semi-Trailer Truck Rear-Ends Several Vehicles Eastbound I-90 Near Route 59

Wed Jul 20, 2011 08:51 am Cardinal News

Hoffman Estates firefighter/paramedics and Illinois State Police troopers responded about 8:05 a.m. Wednesday to crash involving a semi-trailer truck and three cars in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 90 at mile marker 60.25. At least […]

Second Alarm Fire at 8 Crestview Lane in Lake Barrington

Tue Jul 19, 2011 09:09 pm Cardinal News

Barrington firefighters responded just before 9:00 p.m. Tuesday to a house fire at 8 Crestview Lane. Crews arriving on the scene reported a fully-involved house fire. Fire departments from Buffalo Grove, Palatine, Elk Grove Village, […]

Fatal Crash on Route 72 Near Hampshire Kills Jerry Crosby

Mon Jul 18, 2011 06:27 am Cardinal News

Kane County Sheriff’s police responded about 9:00 p.m. Saturday to a crash on Route 72 near Hampshire. Jerry Crosby, 20, of Rockford, was transported to Provena St. Joseph’s Hospital in Elgin, where he was pronounced […]

Crash, Extrication Operation Blocks Golf Rd (Rt 58) and Sutton Rd (Rt 59) Hoffman Estates

Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:27 am Cardinal News

Hoffman Estates police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 10:00 p.m. Sunday to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Golf Rd (Route 58) and Sutton Rd (Route 59). According to fire communications, two accident victims required […]

Motorcyclist Radostin Kolev Killed in Crash with Car at West Lake Ave and Magnolia St

Sun Jul 17, 2011 02:13 pm Cardinal News

View Larger Map Google Street View centered at eastbound center land of West Lake Avenue — looking toward the direction a 2001 Saturn was driving from before Radostin Kolev’s motorcycle struck the Saturn. Motorcyclist Radostin […]

Rolling Meadows Gas Leak: Northeast Corner Algonquin Rd & Old Wilke Rd/Weber, Algonquin Rd Blocked, Evacuations

Fri Jul 15, 2011 02:26 pm Cardinal News

Rolling Meadows police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 1:40 p.m. Friday to a gas main leak at the intersection of Algonquin Road and Old Wilke. Rescuers received a report from a contractor that a gas line […]

House Fire on Seneca Lane, Possible Problem with Electric Feed

Fri Jul 15, 2011 08:37 am Cardinal News

Mount Prospect police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 2:50 a.m. Friday to a house fire in the 1900 block of Seneca Lane. Police and firefighters received a report that there was a fire in a dryer […]

Almost 5,000 Still Without Power in Buffalo Grove; Elderly Man Walks to Police Station to Get Help for Wife Who Fell

Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:39 am Cardinal News

As of Tuesday afternoon, almost 5,000 ComEd customers were without power in Buffalo Grove. Overnight, about 4:15 a.m. Wednesday, an elderly man walked into the Buffalo Grove police headquarters and reported to an officer at […]

Multi-Vehicle Injury Crash on Northbound Route 53, Delays Traffic

Tue Jul 12, 2011 07:37 am Cardinal News

VIDEO: Multi-vehicle crash on northbound Route 53, south of Rand Road. Palatine firefighter/paramedics and Illinois State Police responded about 1:35 p.m. Monday to a multi-vehicle crash on northbound Route 53, south of Rand Road. Palatine […]

Extra Alarm Fire — 6 Alarms — for Apartment Fire on Carriage Dr, West Chicago

Mon Jul 11, 2011 06:29 am Cardinal News

View Larger Map Google Street view near 515 Carriage Drive. West Chicago Fire Department responded to an apartment fire at about 2:15 a.m. Monday at 515 Carriage Drive in West Chicago. The fire spread quickly […]

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