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| | | The City of Champaign Fire Department announced the off-duty passing of Firefighter Trace Conover on July 9, 2025. Conover, who was 28 years old, had served the community for over three and a half years. |
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| | | VIDEOS/PHOTO: Six horses and one dog died after a 40-by-100-foot metal horse barn was fully engulfed in flames Friday night at the Coles County Fairgrounds. |
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| | | VIDEO: A middle school in the western suburbs suffered minor damage after a fire early Friday morning. The Geneva Fire Department was dispatched to Geneva Middle School North, 1357 Viking Drive, around 4:15 a.m. |
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| | | PHOTOS: One person was arrested and two people were rescued early Friday morning as firefighters battled a massive 4-alarm apartment fire on East Burnside Street. After the fire broke out, authorities said that occupants had sheltered in place until crews could reach them. |
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| | | VIDEOS: Nine people died and 30 others were hospitalized after a fire at an assisted living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts. Firefighters responded at about 9:30 p.m. to the facility on Oliver Street, where they encountered heavy smoke and trapped residents. |
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| | | VIDEO/PHOTOS: Plenty of antique fire engines were in Harrisburg this past weekend as part of the Pennsylvania Pump Primers annual muster. The muster draws an average of 100 pieces of apparatus from across the state. |
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