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| VIDEO: Large Fire Erupts at Suburban Palatine Apartment Building Dozens of residents at a Palatine apartment complex were displaced by a massive fire that tore through multiple buildings Sunday, authorities said. The fire was reported at around 5:17 p.m. at a building located on East Dundee Quarter Drive in the Windhaven Condominium Complex. Video from an NBC 5 photographer showed flames and smoke pouring from the roof of one building as firefighters worked from a ladder truck above, spraying water on the structure. As of late Sunday, no major injuries had been reported. Numerous residents are expected to be displaced, fire officials said. The fire originated in one building, but eventually spread to a second. The fire had been extinguished by 8:37 p.m., authorities said. Fire officials are expected to provide additional information Monday. The American Red Cross was called to assist residents in around 24 units that were affected by the fire. WMAQ-TV NBC 5 CHICAGO 2 killed in Vernon Hills apartment fire, police say Two people died in a fire at a Vernon Hills apartment building early Sunday morning. Loved ones were too shaken up to speak with ABC7 when crews arrived at the building hours after firefighters first got the call for help. "I see in my windows, all the lights, and I see a lot of people yelling and running. It was crazy," said Juan Hernandez, who lives in a complex nearby. Hernandez said he saw eight to 12 fire trucks as flames tore through a three-story building in the 900 block of S. Court of Shorewood at 3:15 a.m. The damage from the fire extended through each floor. As fire crews searched the building, they said they found the body of one victim, and rushed another victim to Advocate Condell Medical Center, where they later died. Police said the their identities are not yet known. WLS-TV ABC 7 CHICAGO Harvard meat packing plant damaged by fire, $200,000 worth of damage Multiple Fire Departments responded to a fire at a meat packing facility outside of Harvard Saturday evening. According to Harvard Fire Chief John Kimmel, crews were dispatched at 7:44 p.m. after multiple buildings caught fire at the Olague Farms Meat Packing Plant. When crews arrived, they were in defensive mode, meaning firefighters were battling the blaze from the outside and could not enter the buildings. Witnesses tell 13 WREX they saw the fire engulf the building as firefighters rushed to the scene. On Sunday morning, firefighters responded to the property again due to a rekindling. When 13 WREX arrived, demolition crews were on-scene tearing down parts of the building damaged by the previous fire. WREX-TV NBC 13 ROCKFORD 5 Hamilton County Coal workers taken to hospital after fire damages building VIDEO: Five workers at Hamilton County Coal were taken to a hospital after a fire significantly damaged a building Saturday evening. McLeansboro Fire Chief Jim Morris said multiple fire crews were called to the Hamilton County Coal facility in response to a fire. Morris said fire department crews from Dahlgren, McLeansboro, Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County Rural and Wayne City got the call around 6:20 p.m. Morris said the prep plant facility caught fire after some workers were working, possibly welding something, in the structure. Machines were damaged from the fire, including portions of two of the upper floors in the building. WSIL-TV ABC 3 HARRISBURG 8 people forced out of Rockford apartment building due to fire Six adults and two children are displaced Friday after a second-floor apartment caught fire Friday afternoon. A fire at a 4-unit apartment building located in the 1500 block of 15th Avenue was reported to the Rockford Fire Department at 12:10 p.m. on Friday. Fire crews arrived on scene within three minutes and found heavy smoke and fire coming from the second floor apartment until. Firefighters managed to control the fire in less than 45 minutes, which contained the fire to one apartment unit. The building has been condemned as a result of the fire damage, estimated to be a loss of $40,000. WREX-TV NBC 13 ROCKFORD Versailles Fire Department offering free smoke alarms and installations for residents The Versailles Fire Department wants to help residents with a new Illinois law that passed in January requiring everyone to possess 10-year smoke alarms in their homes. The fire department has partnered with the Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office and the Illinois Fire Safety Alliance to provide every Versailles resident with free 10-year smoke alarms. Fire Chief Chuck Northcutt said they will come to residents' homes and do all the installations for you. "The safer our community is, the less we have to do," Northcutt said. "It's a good thing all the way around." WGEM-TV NBC 10 QUINCY PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| VIDEO: Large Fire Erupts at Illinois Apartment Building Dozens of residents at a Palatine apartment complex were displaced by a massive fire that tore through multiple buildings Sunday, authorities said. The fire was reported at around 5:17 p.m. at a building located on East Dundee Quarter Drive in the Windhaven Condominium Complex. Video from an NBC 5 photographer showed flames and smoke pouring from the roof of one building as firefighters worked from a ladder truck above, spraying water on the structure. As of late Sunday, no major injuries had been reported. Numerous residents are expected to be displaced, fire officials said. The fire originated in one building, but eventually spread to a second. WMAQ-TV NBC 5 CHICAGO 2 Texas firefighters hospitalized after hit-and-run crash involving ambulance VIDEO: Two firefighters are in the hospital after their ambulance was T-boned in a hit-and-run crash Monday morning, according to Houston police. It happened just after 3 a.m. in north Houston along Airline Drive and Parker Road. According to police, the ambulance was returning to the station when the driver of a Chevy Avalanche slammed into the ambulance and drove off. The firefighters told police they had a green light when the crash happened. "They were just traveling southbound and got T-boned in the intersection," HPD Sgt. David Rose said. "The Avalanche kept driving westbound...we have some pieces of debris from that vehicle on the scene, but the vehicle is gone." Rose said police are now searching for an Avalanche with heavy front-end damage. Meanwhile, the firefighters in the ambulance were taken to the hospital and are currently stable. KHOU-TV CBS 11 HOUSTON New York City Mayor to sign bills aimed at preventing lithium-ion battery fires Mayor Eric Adams will sign five bills into law on Monday, aimed at preventing fires caused by lithium-ion batteries. Over the weekend, a man died in an apartment fire in the Bronx that investigators say was caused by a lithium-ion battery. The FDNY says the batteries have caused 33 fires across New York City this year. Three people have died and 42 others were injured. Congressman Ritchie Torres, who proposed the legislation earlier this month, said batteries that are safely manufactured and safely used are not causing these fires. But right now, there is barely any incentive for manufacturers to ensure that they are safe. "The scandal is not that the federal government is failing to regulate the safety of these batteries," Torres said. "The scandal is that the federal government is not even trying. At the federal level there are no safety regulators or safety regulations." WABC-TV ABC 7 NEW YORK Fire department in California sends crews across state for high-flood water rescues VIDEO: The Marin County Fire Department has crews traveling across the state to help rescue people trapped in high flood waters. There is a crew down in Tulare County. KRON4 caught up with the battalion chief in between rescues to learn more about their efforts statewide. Roads in Monterey County can be seen looking more like a river with cars floating. Californians who live in these areas have already been devastated by recent storms and are now faced with even more rain on the way. Graham Groneman is a battalion chief with Marin County fire and a part of a 16-person water rescue team. For almost two weeks, this team has been traveling across the state rescuing people stuck on flooded roads and people trapped in their homes. "Really assisting people out of their cars when they drive through standing water, which is one of the most dangerous things we do out there," Groneman said. KRON-TV MYNETWORKTV 4 SAN FRANCISCO Shear joy: Indiana firefighter donates hair to kids' charity When COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and closures began sweeping across the nation in March 2020, several Carmel firefighters decided it was as good a time as any to grow out their hair. Three years later, on March 14, the last of those firefighters finally said goodbye to his new do, shearing off more than a foot of hair to donate to a charity that is special to him. Matt DeRyckere underwent the transformation at Carmel Fire Dept. Station 341, where he is a firefighter/EMT. The last time he had a haircut was February 2020. "Once it got kind of long, I was like, ‘I think I can keep this going until it's long enough to donate,'" he said. DeRyckere donated his hair to Children With Hair Loss, a nonprofit that provides free naturally made hair replacements to children. CURRENT PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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