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| At least 17 vehicles catch fire at Addison truck facility PHOTOS: At least 17 semitrailers caught fire Monday night into Tuesday morning at an Addison truck facility, fire officials said. Addison Battalion Chief Chris Mansfield said firefighters responded about 10:30 p.m. to a report of two semitrailers on fire at the KDM Truck Service facility on Fullerton Avenue, near Vista Avenue. When they arrived, tanks containing diesel fuel ignited, and the fire quickly spread, Mansfield said. At least 17 trucks caught fire. No injuries were reported, but spilled diesel closed Fullerton at Vista for hazmat cleanup. Several fire departments helped Addison. No foul play is suspected, but the cause of the fire is still under investigation, fire officials said. WLS-TV ABC 7 CHICAGO Woman, Age 84, Dies in Schaumburg House Fire Police, firefighters and paramedics from Schaumburg responded about 9:21 p.m. Friday, May 28, 2021 to a report of a house fire in the block of 0-99 Treebark Drive in Schaumburg. Upon arrival of police officers, they observed flames and smoke showing from the residence. Initially, police officers found the male homeowner, age 87, inside and safely evacuated him. The homeowner also told police officer his wife, an 84 year-old victim, was still upstairs. A police officer attempted to advance to the upstairs area, but was overcome by heavy smoke and was forced to leave the house. Firefighters arrived, entered the home with Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus and protective gear, and recovered the female victim from upstairs by about 9:34 p.m. She was pronounced deceased on the scene, according to the Schaumburg Police Department. THE CARDINAL Update: Two 14-Year-Old Boys Charged In Fire That Destroyed Vacant Roller Rink Building In McHenry Two 14-year-old boys stood charged Monday in a huge fire that destroyed the building that once housed the Just for Fun Roller Rink in McHenry. This past Thursday night, the vacant building at 914 N. Front St. (Illinois Route 31) in the northwest suburb caught fire. The roller rink went out of business last fall, and the building had been vacant since. The flames quickly spread out of control. In investigating the fire, police collected evidence and interviewed several people – learning two teenagers had been trespassing in the vacant building. One of the teens deliberately lit an item on fire, and the fire spread out of control from there, police said. A passerby saw the teens fleeing the scene, police said. WBBM-TV CBS 2 CHICAGO Fire destroys wedding venue Sugar Spring Ranch in Columbia VIDEO: A popular wedding venue in the Metro East burned down over the weekend. The Columbia Fire Department responded to Sugar Spring Ranch on Centerville Road around 6:30 a.m. Sunday. The venue posted on its Facebook page that its 8,000 square-foot barn was destroyed by the fire. They had just opened earlier this year and did not yet have a sprinkler system. According to the Columbia Police chief, work on the sprinkler system was supposed to start this week. Firefighters have said the extent of the damage will make it very difficult to determine a cause. KTVI-TV FOX 2 ST. LOUIS Fire Damages 5 Homes In Stone Park; Dog Rescued A fire damaged five homes in west suburban Stone Park on Sunday. Thick gray smoke filled the neighborhood after flames broke out in a single-family home at 1739 35th Ave., near Le Moyne Street. Flames then spread to two multi-family residences on each side. The Melrose Park Fire Department said the house where the fire broke out was believed to be a total loss, while the two-flats on either side sustained major damage. No one was hurt. Firefighters rescued a dog from one of the houses. The animal received oxygen at the scene and was transferred to a veterinary hospital to get checked out. WBBM-TV CBS 2 CHICAGO PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| Firefighters put out large blaze at California shoe factory VIDEO: Firefighters put out a massive blaze at a warehouse in Huntington Park on Monday night, officials said. The fire was reported around 8:29 p.m. at a shoe factory located at Salt Lake Avenue and E. Gage Avenue, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said. Aerial video from Sky5 showed heavy fire and smoke could be seen emanating from the commercial structure. The roof also appeared to have collapsed. Five engines responded to the fire and were seen fighting the blaze from the ground and from a neighboring roof. The fire was put out just after 11 p.m. One firefighter suffered minor injuries in the blaze and was taken to a local hospital, officials said. The cause of the fire was not immediately known. KTLA-TV 5 CW LOS ANGELES Houston Fire Department honors firefighters killed in department's deadliest fire VIDEO: Eight years ago on Monday, the Houston Fire Department endured its darkest day in history. The Southwest Inn fire and building collapse eventually claimed the lives of five firefighters, and it was the single deadliest day for the Houston Fire Department. Their fellow firefighters gather at the site each year to make sure the fallen lost that day in 2013 aren't forgotten. The anniversary this year happened to fall on Memorial Day. Four firefighters died on the scene; Robert Bebee, Robert Garner, Mathew Renaud, and Anne Sullivan. In March 2017, Captain Bill Dowling, who lost both of his legs in the fire, died of complications from the injuries sustained in the line of duty. "Three more firefighters lost their ability to work, so (we) actually lost eight firefighters that day, in a manner of speaking," former district chief Curtis Seamans said. KTRK-TV ABC 13 HOUSTON Firefighters restoring tradition with Firemen's monument in North Carolina cemetery VIDEO: Greensboro firefighters are taking a significant step toward restoring a tradition that honors colleagues who have died. The inspiration centers around the Firemen's monument in Green Hill Cemetery. "We've got so much that we take for granted just like this statue here. A lot of the firemen were not even familiar with it or really knew what the history of it was," Retired Battalion Chief Carl Eller said. Archived newspaper articles documented a tradition that faded over time. "Back in the early 1800s, one of the traditions of the Greensboro firefighters, which they called them firemen then, was to recognize the firefighters that passed away the year before, so a group of people in town decided to erect a statue or monument to remember our fallen brothers and sisters," Retired Battalion Chief Larry Cockman said. Recent research revealed much of the monument's connection to the fire department's history. WGHP-TV FOX 8 HIGH POINT New Jersey firefighters will now go to life-threatening calls, but unions say they need more training Newark firefighters will be dispatched to all life-threatening calls beginning this weekend, officials announced Friday — a change that prompted the city's fire and police unions to raise concerns about training, equipment and compensation. University Hospital will continue to provide ambulance services to the city, but firefighters will also be dispatched in life-threatening situations. "We're adding that on to the police officers and the EMS workers that already respond because we know that time is of the essence in those types of emergencies," said Newark Public Safety Director Brian O'Hara. "We just want to be certain we're using every resource available so we can save as many lives as possible." University Hospital's EMS respond to more than 100,000 calls per year and has a staff of 250 EMTs, paramedics and dispatchers, according to the agency. NEW JERSEY JOURNAL Mural honoring Detroit public employees and firefighter that died from COVID-19 unveiled PHOTO: A large mural honoring a firefighter and other Detroit public employees who died from COVID-19 has been unveiled next to a fire station. Capt. Franklin Williams of the fire department dominates the painting. But there are images of a bus driver who made an emotional plea for protection from COVID-19 before he caught the virus, and 5-year-old girl Skylar Herbert, who was the daughter of a firefighter and police officer. "This mural represents community heroes representing those institutions who also fought for our country by putting on a uniform and fighting an unknown enemy: COVID-19," said Odie Fakhouri, chief operating officer of the Arab American and Chaldean Council, which owns the building on Seven Mile Road. Williams, 57, was eligible to retire from the fire department but wanted to work until age 60. He died last summer. WJBK-TV FOX 2 DETROIT PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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