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Tag result for article published on Wed May 22 2019 10:24 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: 9-1-1 calls, building explosion, building explosion Lake County, building explosion Waukegan, EPA, explosion, explosion Lake County, explosion Waukegan, Hazmat Box, Hyperlocal C, Illinois State Fire Marshal, Interdivisional Box Alarm, Interdivisional Task Force, Lake County EMA, MABAS Box Alarm, MABAS Division 4 Box Alarm, MABAS Hazmat Box Alarm, MABAS Interdivisional Task Force, OSHA, TRT Rescue, Waukegan Fire Department, Waukegan Police Department
The calls reporting the huge explosion at AB Specialty Silicones in Waukegan were released May 17, 2019. Initially dispatchers weren’t sure exactly where the explosion that had occurred at AB Specialty Silicones was located because many people couldn’t place the location of the explosive noise. Some thought a car crashed on their street, and one […]
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Tag result for article published on Thu May 09 2019 4:34 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: building explosion, building explosion Lake County, building explosion Waukegan, EPA, explosion, explosion Lake County, explosion Waukegan, fatal building explosion, fatal building explosion Waukegan, Hazmat Box, Hyperlocal C, Illinois State Fire Marshal, Interdivisional Box Alarm, Interdivisional Task Force, Lake County Coroner's Office, Lake County EMA, MABAS Box Alarm, MABAS Division 4 Box Alarm, MABAS Hazmat Box Alarm, MABAS Interdivisional Task Force, OSHA, TRT Rescue, victim identities released, Waukegan Fire Department, Waukegan Police Department
The identity was released of the fourth victim — the last of three victims recovered in the ruins of the AB Specialty Silicones factory explosion — on Wednesday May 8, 2019 in a statement by the Lake County Coroner’s Office. One man died after he was able to evacuate the building and after surviving for […]
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Tag result for article published on Wed May 08 2019 7:08 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: building explosion, building explosion Lake County, building explosion Waukegan, EPA, explosion, explosion Lake County, explosion Waukegan, fatal building explosion, fatal building explosion Waukegan, Hazmat Box, Hyperlocal C, Illinois State Fire Marshal, Interdivisional Box Alarm, Interdivisional Task Force, Lake County Coroner's Office, Lake County EMA, MABAS Box Alarm, MABAS Division 4 Box Alarm, MABAS Hazmat Box Alarm, MABAS Interdivisional Task Force, OSHA, TRT recovery, TRT Rescue, victim identities released, Waukegan Fire Department, Waukegan Police Department
The Lake County Coroner on Wednesday May 8, 2019 said the remains of the final missing victim of the AB Specialty Silicones explosion on Friday May 3, 2019 at about 9:30 p.m. were found under the ruins late Tuesday night. Lake County Coroner Dr. Howard Cooper initially only identified the victim as a male. The […]
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Tag result for article published on Tue May 07 2019 8:32 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: building explosion, building explosion Lake County, building explosion Waukegan, EPA, explosion, explosion Lake County, explosion Waukegan, fatal building explosion, fatal building explosion Waukegan, Hazmat Box, Hyperlocal C, Illinois State Fire Marshal, Interdivisional Box Alarm, Interdivisional Task Force, Lake County Coroner's Office, Lake County EMA, MABAS Box Alarm, MABAS Division 4 Box Alarm, MABAS Hazmat Box Alarm, MABAS Interdivisional Task Force, OSHA, TRT Rescue, victim identities released, Waukegan Fire Department, Waukegan Police Department
Identities of three victims from the AB Specialty Silicones explosion that occurred Friday May 3, 2019 about 9:30 p.m. have now been released by Lake County Coroner Dr. Howard Cooper. One man is still missing in the ruins of the chemical factory, and the search for his body is continuing. A press conference was held […]
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Tag result for article published on Mon May 06 2019 8:43 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: building explosion, building explosion Lake County, building explosion Waukegan, EPA, explosion, explosion Lake County, explosion Waukegan, Hazmat Box, Hyperlocal C, Illinois State Fire Marshal, Interdivisional Box Alarm, Interdivisional Task Force, Lake County Coroner's Office, Lake County EMA, MABAS Box Alarm, MABAS Division 4 Box Alarm, MABAS Hazmat Box Alarm, MABAS Interdivisional Task Force, OSHA, TRT Rescue, Waukegan Fire Department, Waukegan Police Department
About 2:30 p.m. Sunday, the search team located a body in a heavily damaged part of the building. It took crews over two hours to remove the victim. The body of a second person of three missing employees was found by firefighters in the ruins of a silicone chemical factory that exploded Friday May 4, […]
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Tag result for article published on Sat May 04 2019 8:25 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: building explosion, building explosion Lake County, building explosion Waukegan, EPA, explosion, explosion Lake County, explosion Waukegan, Hazmat Box, Hyperlocal C, Illinois State Fire Marshal, Interdivisional Box Alarm, Interdivisional Task Force, Lake County EMA, MABAS Box Alarm, MABAS Division 4 Box Alarm, MABAS Hazmat Box Alarm, MABAS Interdivisional Task Force, OSHA, TRT Rescue, Waukegan Fire Department, Waukegan Police Department
Byron Biehn, a shift supervisor, and Daniel Nicklas, a lab technician, were still missing after the explosion at AB Specialty Silicones Friday night. Workers at AB Specialty Silicones said Saturday that fellow employee Allen Stevens passed away Saturday afternoon May 4, 2019 after he was caught in the explosion Friday night about 9:30 p.m. Allen […]
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Tag result for article published on Sat May 04 2019 3:49 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: building explosion, building explosion Lake County, building explosion Waukegan, EPA, explosion, explosion Lake County, explosion Waukegan, Hazmat Box, Hyperlocal C, Illinois State Fire Marshal, Interdivisional Box Alarm, Interdivisional Task Force, Lake County EMA, MABAS Box Alarm, MABAS Division 4 Box Alarm, MABAS Hazmat Box Alarm, MABAS Interdivisional Task Force, OSHA, TRT Rescue, Waukegan Fire Department, Waukegan Police Department
Saturday morning after 9:50 a.m., May 4, 2019 Waukegan Fire Marshal Steve Lenzi confirmed search and recovery crews recovered one body after a large explosion in Waukegan in Lake County Friday night. The loud explosion, heard and felt for miles, destroyed the building of AB Specialty Silicones, 3790 Sunset Avenue. Apparently six people were met […]
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Tag result for article published on Tue January 23 2018 7:35 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: bulldozer crash, bulldozer crash Waukegan, crash, crash Waukegan, Hyperlocal C, OSHA, OSHA Waukegan, Waukegan Fire Department, Waukegan Police Department
Waukegan police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 6:11 AM Monday January 22, 2018 to a report of a bulldozer crash with injuries at National Gypsum Company, 515 East Seahorse Drive Waukegan, Il. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report of an employee that was run over by a bulldozer. The crash actually involved the bulldozer driver being […]
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Tag result for article published on Tue June 06 2017 7:25 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: ammonia, ammonia leak, hazardous material, hazardous materials, hazardous materials leak, HazMat, Level 1 Hazmat, Level 2 Hazmat, Level I Hazmat, Level II Hazmat, Mobile Ventilation Unit, OSHA, Streamwood Fire Department, Streamwood Police Department
Streamwood police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 11:34 PM Monday to a report of an Activated Fire Alarm on the board at NWCDS for the Fresh Express commercial building, 1109 East Lake Street Streamwood, Il. Report of an Activated Fire Alarm on the alarm board at Northwest Central Dispatch System 9-1-1 Center for the Fresh Express […]
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Tag result for article published on Sat February 04 2017 12:26 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: fatal construction accident, fatal construction accident Geneva, fatal maintenance accident, fatal maintenance accident Geneva, Geneva, Geneva Fire Department, Geneva Police Department, OSHA, OSHA Geneva
Geneva fire officials identified the victim in the fatal accident at Geneva Commons as Donald J. Tentler, 47, of West Dundee. Police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 11:50 a.m. Friday, February 3, 2017 to a 911 call made just before noon, and rescuers found two men in a service bucket. Fire officials said when they arrived […]
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Tag result for article published on Fri February 03 2017 9:29 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: fatal construction accident, fatal construction accident Geneva, fatal maintenance accident, fatal maintenance accident Geneva, Geneva, Geneva Fire Department, Geneva Police Department, OSHA, OSHA Geneva
Geneva police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 11:50 a.m. Friday to a report of worker trapped in a shopping center sign tower at Geneva Commons shopping center, 322 Commons Drive Geneva, Il. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that a worker was unresponsive, trapped in a tower about 35 feet in the air. St Charles Fire […]
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Tag result for article published on Thu October 22 2015 8:22 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: burn victim, burn victim Elk Grove Village, ComEd, Elk Grove Village Fire Department, Elk Grove Village Police Department, OSHA
Elk Grove Village police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 9:52 AM Thursday to a report of a person burned at 1815 Landmeier Road Elk Grove Village, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that a man was burned while working on an electrical panel at a construction site. Elk Grove firefighter/paramedics transport man in his 40s […]
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