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| 15 treated at hospital after HAZMAT incident near Rockford airport The Rockford Fire Department dispatched to a local business Tuesday for a hazardous materials investigation. First responders arrived just before noon at 6020 Cessna Dr. in Rockford for a medical call. Several workers suffered minor breathing issues after a dry powdered chemical was accidentally released from a 55-gallon barrel drum. 15 people were treated at a local hospital in connection with the incident. Authorities say no one was seriously injured. The scene was turned over later in the day to a Chicago-based hazardous materials clean-up company. WIFR-TV CBS 23 ROCKFORD Fire breaks out at Olon Industries factory in Geneva after reported explosion Firefighters in west suburban Geneva put out an industrial fire after an explosion was reported at a factory near the Fox River Tuesday afternoon. Geneva Fire Chief Mike Antenore said firefighters arrived on the scene at Olon Industries in the 400-block of Union Street around 1:33 p.m. They found a small fire and a white plume of smoke coming from a storage building. It was later determined to be a chemical fire, prompting a hazardous materials response. While Antenore said there were multiple chemicals involved, they are currently investigating which ones were involved. Geneva's fire chief said the damage was contained to the storage facility and did not impact the manufacturing side of the facility. Firefighters gained control of the fire by 4:25 p.m. WLS-TV ABC 7 CHICAGO Follow Up: 2 dead, 4 injured after fire in Cahokia Heights Two people are dead, one person is in critical condition and three firefighters suffered minor injuries Tuesday morning in a fire in Cahokia Heights, Illinois. The fire happened at a home on N. 45th Street in Cahokia Heights, right off Grand Street. The Cahokia Volunteer Fire Department was at the scene, working to put out the fire. Fire officials said when the home was fully engulfed when they arrived on the scene. Officials said one person died at the scene of the fire and two others were taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. One of the people taken to the hospital died at the hospital later in the day. St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr. confirmed Tuesday evening that Bob Tierce, 78, was pronounced dead at the scene around 10 a.m. Friends knew Tierce as "Orange" because he would sell watermelons and oranges. His favorite pastimes included hunting, fishing and going to the horse track. KSDK-TV NBC 5 ST. LOUIS Fire Displaces Residents, Causes $150K In Damage To Naperville Home A fire badly damaged a home in Naperville Tuesday night, leaving the residence uninhabitable. Fire crews got a call around 8:20 p.m. from a resident in the 1100 block of Needham Road who said they got home to find their house filled with smoke. Firefighters got to the scene within 10 minutes and found fire that had spread to the back exterior of the house. It took less than 15 minutes to get the blaze under control, according to a news release. Crews remained on the scene for an additional hour extinguishing hot spots. No one was injured in the fire, which is estimated as causing $150,000 in damage to the home. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. NAPERVILLE PATCH PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| VIDEO: Massive fire engulfs New Jersey building; multiple businesses impacted A massive 6-alarm fire engulfed a building housing a row of businesses in West New York, New Jersey. The fire reportedly began inside one of the businesses located on Bergenline Avenue, near 61st Street. Multiple emergency responders are on scene, fighting the fire from inside and outside the building – trying to get it under control. It's unclear if there are any people inside the building. No injuries have been reported at this time. The smoke could reportedly be seen traveling over the Hudson River into New York City. A number of streets are blocked off in the area. The cause of the fire is unknown. WWOR-TV FOX/MYNETWORKTV 25 SECAUCUS Related: New Jersey fire covers Bergenline Avenue in smoke, businesses destroyed An exploding problem: Fires sparked by lithium batteries are confounding firefighters VIDEO: Last July, an electric transit bus in Connecticut burst into flames while parked at a depot. A month later, an electric scooter sparked a fire inside a New York City apartment that killed a 5-year-old girl and 36-year-old woman. And last month, a fire believed to be caused by the batteries in an electric scooter engulfed a multifamily home in Brockton, Massachusetts. Lithium-ion batteries have become a ubiquitous feature in new forms of transportation and common household products. They're also found in residential solar energy systems. But when those batteries fail or overheat, they release flammable, toxic gasses that can spark a fast-spreading fire that is extremely difficult to extinguish. "The source of the gasses that are creating the flames is confined within a cell battery that will not allow water in," said Ofodike Ezekoye, a fire scientist and professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. NBC NEWS Washington Firehouse Carries on Traditions for Retirees VIDEO/PHOTOS: Stepping away from full time service to retirement can be a big transition for firefighters, as they move away from the family they had at their station. No one at Olympia Firehouse 5 expected to be meeting for Monday morning coffee surrounded by a half dozen vintage firetrucks in their retirement. Once word got out that there was a place to go refurbish fire engines, talk shop and share stories, everything started to come together. Beginning their week at Firehouse 5, helping with vehicle projects or participating in community events, keeps retirees connected. In 1998 the Olympia fire chief designated the retired members as Firehouse 5, the name being next in line after Olympia firehouse 1,2,3 and 4. After Ray McDonald and Larry Dibble retired from the Olympia Fire Department, both had purchased antique fire engines. THURSTON TALK New phone system helps Oklahoma airport firefighters respond quicker to emergencies VIDEO: Tulsa International Airport (TIA) has upgraded its phone system to alert first responders in the event of an emergency. It's called a crash phone system. TIA firefighters told FOX23 they've waited a long time for this new system. It costs around $100,000, and firefighters said the equipment is vital. "Time is of the essence when upgrading the system," said TIA Fire Chief Mark Stuckey. "It allows a faster response time." Stuckey added that the phone typically rings 10 to 12 times a month. "Any type of emergency, it can be anything from medical emergency on an aircraft ... to an indicator light for gear not coming down safely," he explained. "It can be an engine malfunction, hydraulic problem ... there's all sorts of emergencies. Very rarely is it a fire on an aircraft because commercial jets nowadays are very safe." Stuckey explained that TIA's old crash phone was a two wire system and much slower. KOKI-TV FOX 23 TULSA County in New York giving tax breaks to volunteer firefighters to fill depleted ranks Greene County will give volunteer emergency responders a break on property taxes in an attempt to recruit and retain firefighters and EMTs as their numbers continue to decline across the state. The move takes advantage of a law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul in December giving counties a standardized way to give the breaks. All 27 fire companies in Greene County are all-volunteer, and the decline in numbers means there are fewer emergency personnel to deal with an increasing number of calls. John D'Alessandro, the secretary of the Firefighters Association of the State of New York, said there was not a statewide count of firefighters, but that the number of volunteers across the state has declined dramatically in the last couple of decades, estimating it went from about 120,000 in the early 2000s to between 80,000 to 85,000 today. TIMES UNION PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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