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Power Outage Cancels Village Board Meeting, Disrupts Power to Over 1250 ComEd Customers, Downtown Arlington Heights

Mon Oct 15, 2018 06:12 pm Cardinal News

Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 4:51 PM Monday October 15, 2018 to a report of a utility pole transformer that was sparking and arcing at Sigwalt Street and Dunton Avenue Arlington Heights, IL. […]

Storm Damage Report for Northwest Suburbs, North Suburbs on Tuesday Night Aug. 28, 2018

Tue Aug 28, 2018 11:28 pm Cardinal News

Severe Thunderstorms have begun to diminish as the thunderstorm cells decrease in intensity and pass to the east for the remainder of Tuesday night. The following are a sample of storm-related incidents. Get updated information […]

Semi-Trailer Truck Strikes Overhead Lines Near LA Fitness, Mount Prospect Plaza

Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:15 am Cardinal News

Mount Prospect police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 10:42 AM Tuesday July 17, 2018 to a report of a semi-trailer truck striking and bringing down overhead power and/or data lines near LA Fitness, Mount Prospect Plaza […]

Power Outage Near Arlington International Racecourse and Near Fremd High School, Palatine

Thu Aug 27, 2015 10:16 am Cardinal News

Palatine police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 9:24 AM Thursday to Harvard Drive and Illinois Avenue Palatine, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that an electrical box near the baseball diamonds at Fremd High School […]

Power Outage “Transformer Hit” Power Lines Down Near Roosevelt and Central Rd, Arlington Heights

Wed May 21, 2014 12:12 am Cardinal News

Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 11:28 PM Tuesday to a report of a transformer hit by lightning with arcing and flames in the block of 900 South Roosevelt Avenue Arlington Heights, IL. Police […]

Power Failure in Palatine After Garbage Truck Hits Power Lines on Colfax Street

Wed Nov 28, 2012 06:23 am Cardinal News

Palatine police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 6:10 AM Wednesday to a report of a power line hit by a truck in the 500 block of West Colfax Street. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that […]

Hicks and Kirchoff Barricades: Hicks Rd Still Closed Between Kirchoff Rd and Euclid Ave, Rolling Meadows

Fri Jul 13, 2012 09:19 am Cardinal News

A semi-trailer truck hit sagging power lines on Hicks Road north of Kirchoff Road and pulled down many lines and snapped four utility poles Wednesday night … See 40 photos on Facebook.com/CardinalEmergencies. Hicks Road was […]

Grass Fire, Snapped Utility Poles As Semi-Trailer Truck Hits Power Lines on Hicks Rd at Kirchoff Rd, Rolling Meadows

Fri Jul 13, 2012 08:14 am Cardinal News

A semi-trailer truck hit sagging power lines on Hicks Road north of Kirchoff Road and pulled down many lines and snapped four utility poles Wednesday night (See 40 photos on Facebook.com/CardinalEmergencies). Rolling Meadows police and […]

Record 868,000 Homes & Businesses with Power Outages Due to Severe Thunderstorm, High Winds in Chicagoland

Tue Jul 12, 2011 01:26 pm Cardinal News

Scenes from the aftermath of a Derecho thunderstorm that hit Arlington Heights with sustained 60 mph plus winds, and damaged mostly west and north neighborhoods of Arlington Heights. A record 868,000 ComEd home and business […]

Power Outage: Lines Sparking, Arcing in Trees & Grass Behind Walmart, Near Ardyce, Centennial in Mt. Prospect

Wed Jun 8, 2011 10:11 pm Cards News

Mount Prospect police and firefighters responded about 9:40 p.m. Wednesday to a report of sparking and arcing power lines in the area of 900 Centennial. Neighbors from a wide area came out to see the […]

Storm Reports: Local Reports and National Weather Service Reports

Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:14 pm Cardinal News

Local storm damage reports and major reports in the immediate region. 655 AM Park North of Camp McDonald Prospect Heights … line down — power outage in the area 717 AM Railroad gate malfunction and […]

Large Power Outage North Arlington Heights

Sun Sep 26, 2010 01:51 pm Cardinal News2

Arlington Heights police and firefighters responded about noon Sunday to a report of downed power lines along Arlington Heights Road just north of Hintz Road. Firefighters discovered two downed primary lines down along the east […]

Trees and Branches Down, Power Line Trouble in High Winds

Tue Sep 7, 2010 04:17 pm Cardinal News

Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded to reports of trees and branches down during high winds Tuesday afternoon. A a major part of a tree fell at the intersection of Waterman and Gregory about 1:30 […]

Severe Thunderstorm Causes Some Tree and Power Line Damage

Thu Sep 2, 2010 10:38 pm Cardinal News

High winds during a thunderstorm caused some damage to trees and power lines as a severe thunderstorm passed through Arlington Heights beginning just before 10:15 p.m. Thursday. A large tree was reported down in the […]

Power Lines Down on Linneman Rd, Mt. Prospect: Burning a Couple of Mail Boxes

Mon Aug 9, 2010 06:23 pm Cardinal News

Mount Prospect police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 6:05 p.m. Monday to a report of power lines down, arcing and sparking, with mail boxes burning in the 1200 block of Linneman Road. The power lines torched […]

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