Fire Notebook

Coming to a City Near You? Burn: ‘One Year on the Front Lines of the Battle to Save Detroit’

Sun Aug 8, 2010 09:09 am Cardinal News

BURN Trailer from Tremolo Productions on Vimeo. Compelling video trailer for a film that isn’t produced yet about Detroit firefighters’ struggle to save a city — structurally and politically. Is this film coming to a […]

FIRE VIDEO: Extra-Alarm at ET Discount Muffler Shop at Foster and Cicero

Sun Aug 8, 2010 01:20 am Cardinal News

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 […]

Timothy Jones of Hawthorn Woods Killed in Crash with Metra Train in Des Plaines Wednesday

Thu Aug 5, 2010 06:12 pm Cardinal News

Cellphone video from commuter that was on the train platform near Metra 609 that struck a vehicle on southbound River Road. Timothy F. Jones, 51, of Hawthorn Woods is identified as the male driver of […]

Two School Buses Carrying St. James High School (Missouri) Band Crash with Truck on Interstate 44, Missouri

Thu Aug 5, 2010 01:30 pm Cardinal News

Two school buses carrying high school band students to a Six Flags amusement park crashed with a tractor-trailer truck on Interstate 44 near Gray Summit, Missouri Thursday. The freeway crash killed two people and injured […]

Air Force One Lands About 60 Minutes After United Flight Lands with Wheel Fire

Wed Aug 4, 2010 06:50 pm Cardinal News2

Three people were treated for minor injuries after passengers were evacuated from a United Airlines jet at O’Hare International Airport this afternoon about one hour before Air Force One landed at O’Hare with President Barack […]

VIDEO: Aftermath of Metra Train Crash with Car in Des Plaines on River Road

Wed Aug 4, 2010 01:03 pm Cardinal News

Cellphone video from commuter that was on the train platform near Metra 609 that struck a vehicle on southbound River Road. Des Plaines police and firefighter/paramedics responded to a report of a crash at the […]

Extra-Alarm Fire in High Rise on West Oak Street Near Moody Bible Institute — Jenkins Hall

Sun Aug 1, 2010 12:42 am Cardinal News

View Famous Rescues & FD Operations Worldwide in a larger map Jenkins Hall, 171 West Oak Street, Chicago, Illinois (Google Street View). Chicago Fire Department fought a fire that was elevated to a four-alarm fire […]

Severe Lightning Across Chicagoland, Severe Flooding in Westchester with Water Rescue at a Nursing Home

Sat Jul 24, 2010 08:39 am Cardinal News

Video of storm that pounded Chicago, Elmhurst, Westchester and other western suburbs especially hard Friday, as viewed from Payton Hill in Arlington Heights. After a steamy hot day with a near record high of 95°F […]

Multiple Calls Reporting Possible DUI Lexus Driver, Then a Crash on Milwaukee Avenue

Wed Jul 21, 2010 09:36 pm Cardinal News

Buffalo Grove police responded about 9:10 p.m. Wednesday to multiple calls for a possible DUI driver that was driving extremely erratically on westbound Lake Cook Road near Milwaukee Avenue. Several Buffalo Grove police units were […]

Wildfire Fires in Washington State Burn About 15 Square Miles

Mon Jul 19, 2010 06:01 pm Cardinal News

Calmer winds helped firefighters make progress on a wildfire that has burned about 15 square miles in central Washington State. Firefighters say they have contained about 15 percent of the blaze.

Extra Alarm HazMat for Acid Spill at Elk Grove High School

Sun Jul 18, 2010 01:02 pm Cardinal News

VIDEO: Hazardous Materials Level II response at Elk Grove High School and a traffic stop for ignoring a police road block. Elk Grove Village Fire Department called for a HazMat Level II response at Elk […]

VIDEO: Explosion at South Los Angeles Titanium Storage Warehouse for Golf Club Manufacturing

Thu Jul 15, 2010 06:07 am Cardinal News

TV Video news team from Los Angeles catches titanium explosion and firefighters hosing down a fire engine to protect it from exposure to intense heat. A fire and explosion at a titanium storage warehouse at […]

Car Crash into a Storefront on East Golf, One Injured

Mon Jul 12, 2010 02:36 pm Cardinal News2

Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 2:20 p.m. to a car crash into a building at 722 East Golf Road. One person in the car reportedly injured. The Village of Arlington Heights building department […]

Brandon Zhu, 11-Month-Old, Dies After Apparent Drowning, Fights for Life for 10 Days

Mon Jul 12, 2010 09:14 am Cardinal News

VIDEO: Buffalo Grove police and Arlington Heights police assure that a Buffalo Grove Fire Department rescue ambulance arrives at Northwest Community Hospital as quickly and safely as possible while transporting apparent drowning victim, Brandon Zhu. […]

Man Down in the Street on Ridge Near Sigwalt about 2:40 AM

Mon Jul 12, 2010 07:58 am Cardinal News

Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded to a report about 2:40 a.m. Monday of a man down in the street at Ridge Avenue between Sigwalt and Campbell. The man was apparently intoxicated. Unknown if he […]

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