Fire Notebook

Bystanders Rescue Woman from Apartment Fire Near Touhy and Dee Rd, Park Ridge

Fri Mar 19, 2010 05:45 pm Cardinal News

View Larger Street View of 20 South Dee Road … Two men who never met each other rescued a woman out of her second floor apartment unit at a condo/apartment near Touhy Avenue and Dee […]

Chevy Suburban Burns, Gaper Crashes Head-On (Video Archive from Gary, Indiana)

Wed Mar 17, 2010 06:33 am Cardinal News

Chevy Suburban fully involved car fire showing arrival of Gary Fire Department, and a head-on crash involving a gaper with moderate damage at 5:05 elapsed time. A fully involved vehicle fire in a large SUV […]

Neighbor Catches Backdraft on Video During South Paulina Fire that Injured 4 Chicago Firefighters

Wed Mar 10, 2010 07:50 pm Cardinal News

Fire in the 4800 block of South Paulina starts out looking as a routine fire. But notice the increasingly dark smoke early in the video (at :45) that becomes lighter again (at about 1:20). At […]

Natural Gas Odor in House Determined by BG Firefighters to Be Skunk on Horatio

Tue Mar 9, 2010 06:00 am Cardinal News

Buffalo Grove firefighters responded about 4:15 a.m. Tuesday to report of a natural gas odor in the basement of a home in the 700 block of Horatio in Buffalo Grove. Firefighters arrived on the scene […]

Truck/Minivan Accident with Entrapment at Higgins and Meacham in Schaumburg

Mon Mar 8, 2010 03:28 pm Cardinal News

View Larger Street View Schaumburg police and firefighter/paramedics responded to a crash between a large Hogan Truck Leasing and Rental truck and a Plymouth Voyager minivan just before 11:30 a.m. Monday. Schaumburg firefighters were committed […]

Plane Hits Deer on Takeoff, Causes Emergency Landing at Chicago Executive Airport (Palwaukee)

Sun Mar 7, 2010 09:49 pm Cardinal News

A twin-engine Piper Seneca aircraft stuck a deer during landing at Campbell Airport in Grayslake Sunday and then headed for Chicago Executive Airport for an emergency landing on Runway 16 — the longest runway at […]

AC Transit bus Hit by Amtrak Train Near Oakland Coliseium, No Injuries

Wed Mar 3, 2010 05:38 pm Cardinal News

Oakland Fire Department and Police Department responded about 6:30 a.m. PT to an accident involving an Amtrak Train and an AC Transit Bus near 66th Avenue and San Leandro Street. The driver escaped the stalled […]

Gas Pipe Test Blows Apart Gas Main, 1 Killed in Manhole Tunnel at Jackson and Wacker, Chicago

Wed Mar 3, 2010 01:56 pm Cardinal News

View Google Street View of Jackson and Wacker intersection near Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) in a larger view UPDATE: Michael Gryga, 40, has been identified as the People Gas worker who was killed […]

Semi-Trailer Truck Rollover Northbound 53 to Eastbound I-90, Driver Trapped

Mon Mar 1, 2010 02:41 pm Cardinal News

Video of extrication operations by Schaumburg Fire Department for a truck driver that was trapped in his truck after it rolled on its side on the Route 53 northbound ramp to eastbound Interstate 90. Schaumburg […]

Dumpster Fire Interrupts Classes at Barrington High School

Thu Feb 25, 2010 01:54 pm Cardinal News

Barrington High School students and staff were evacuated for a short time period after a dumpster fire was discovered near the high school building. Trash near a compactor caught fire and was contained to the […]

Fire Sparked by Metal Grinder Work on Older Model Pickup Truck Near Pingree Grove

Tue Feb 23, 2010 06:21 pm Cardinal News

Daily Herald Video of fireground operations shortly after a house fire destroyed a two-story brick and wood frame home on the 40W500 block of Prairie Court between Gilberts and Pingree Grove. Pete Marek reported a […]

Whippletree Village Mobile Home Destroyed by Fire on Phaeton Drive in Wheeling

Sat Feb 20, 2010 05:15 pm Cardinal News

Video of Whippletree Village Mobile Home fire. At 0:54 fire engine blasts signal interior attack firefighters to evacuate the structure. Later in the video, exterior and interior operations coordinate their tactics. Wheeling Fire Department responded […]

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