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| SUV slams into Prospect Heights hair salon An SUV slammed into a men's hair salon in northwest suburban Prospect Heights Tuesday night, setting off the building's fire alarm. Prospect Heights Battalion Chief Mark Oeltgen said they responded to the initial report from the fire alarm for the building in the 1200-block of North Elmhurst Road and a short time later received phone calls about the crash. Oeltgen said there were two people inside the car that crashed into the salon. He said that neither were injured. WLS-TV ABC 7 CHICAGO Metra Union Pacific West trains delayed by freight train fire in Lombard Metra Union Pacific West trains were delayed Wednesday morning after a freight train caught fire in west suburban Lombard. A Union Pacific locomotive caught fire shortly before 8 a.m., according to the Lombard Fire Department. The "locomotive failure" needed "minor extinguishing," a fire department official said. At least two Metra UP-W trains were canceled, Metra said in an alert. The commuter rail line said it would operate two extra trains from Villa Park and Elmhurst to Chicago. Two tracks had been reopened by 8:40 a.m., Metra said. CHICAGO SUN TIMES - METERED SITE Police, Firefighters, and Paramedics Respond to Natural Gas Leak In Mount Prospect Police, firefighters, and paramedics from Mount Prospect responded about 8:10 a.m. Wednesday, July 14, 2021 to a report of a natural gas odor in the block of 100 North Emerson Street in Mount Prospect. Fire crews on arrival discovered a leak from a gas main by about 8:17 a.m., and extra crews were assigned to assist with possible ventilation, possible evacuations, and to stand by. A contractor hit a gas main at a construction project, and Nicor was on the scene immediately. Wind was from the Southwest at 7 MPH at 7:51 a.m. according to the National Weather Service office at O'Hare International Airport. THE CARDINAL McHenry County College Student Pinned Between Cars, Flown To Hospital A student was pinned between two vehicles after a car hit him in the parking lot of the McHenry County College in Crystal Lake. He was flown to the hospital by helicopter. The McHenry County College Police Department and Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department responded around 1:58 p.m. Sunday to McHenry County College, 8900 Route 14 in Crystal Lake, for a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle. An instructor of a motorcycle class was driving his personal Jeep in the parking lot of the college after class when he "hit the gas," which sent several pedestrians running, according to a family member of the victim. CRYSTAL LAKE PATCH PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| 1 dead after plane crashes into California home, sparks brush fire VIDEO: At least one person is dead after a twin-engine plane crashed into a home near the Monterey Regional Airport Tuesday morning. According to KION-TV, officials confirmed crews found one deceased individual still inside the plane. Fire officials say the home is located on Monterra Ranch road, near Highway 68 and about 1 mile from the airport. Officials say the crash happened just after 10:40 a.m. While officials have not yet provided details about what caused the plane to crash, radio transmissions from air traffic control right before the crash shed some light on a possible cause. Just after 10:40 a.m., the air traffic controller can be heard telling a plane about a 'low altitude warning' and instructing the pilot to climb to 5,000 feet. The pilot does not respond to this call prompting the controller to ask, "Are you having an in-flight emergency?" Moments later the same controller puts out a call that they could have a plane down. KABC-TV ABC 7 LOS ANGELES Twitter User Finds Photo of Maryland Firefighter for Memorial 60+ Years After His Death VIDEO: Creators of a video project to memorialize Prince George's County firefighters who died in the line of duty had struggled to get their hands on one particular photo until a social media post Monday night brought an end to their search. John Leyh was a member of the Berwyn Heights Volunteer Fire Department who lost his life helping citizens of the county more than six decades ago. On July 12, 1956, Leyh responded to a car crash in his own car. While driving home, he himself crashed into a tree. He was 27 years old. The fatal collision resulted in a major change in safety procedures, Berwyn Heights Volunteer Fire Department Chief Danny McCoy said. "As a result of his line-of-duty death we actually stopped our members from having the ability to respond to the scene in their personal vehicles. While it doesn't seem like a big deal... back in the day, that's how everything was handled," McCoy said. WRC-TV NBC 4 WASHINGTON, D.C. Efforts underway to restore historic Iowa fire station VIDEO: A defunct fire station could soon be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Art Deco style Engine House 2 on South Federal Avenue was completed in 1939, at a cost of $34,520, part of which was funded through a Public Works Administration grant. Upon completion until it was closed in 1973, the fire house provided round the clock service to the then rapidly expanding area south of Downtown. After it was closed, the building was transferred to the city's Public Works department and was used for storage. The roof, which fell into disrepair over the years, was replaced last year. As part of hosting the 2022 Preserve Iowa Summit next year, the city's Housing Preservation Commission is undertaking efforts to restore the building, as well as selecting an architectural historian to develop an online and digital content package featuring images, audio, video and narrative text describing the history and significance of the building. KIMT-TV CBS 3 MASON CITY The Skywalk Tapes – The night the skywalks fell, forever changing Kansas City VIDEO: On July 17, 1981, two suspended walkways collapsed inside Kansas City's Hyatt Regency Hotel. The event became one of the worst man-made disasters in American history, and the shockwaves are still being felt four decades later. It happened at the worst possible time. The room was packed for a Friday night dance, and 114 people died, 216 were hurt and thousands more were affected. Micheal Mahoney was at the Hyatt that night. "I was a feature reporter here in Kansas City," he said. "I'd been here about a year and a half, and the beat was called the lifestyle beat." Today, Kansas Citians know him as KMBC 9 News' veteran political journalist. But things were different for Mahoney in his late 20s. "I really had a hankering to get back to hard news," he said. "But thought I'd tough it out." The 40-story Hyatt Regency had opened its doors in 1980 as the jewel of the Crown Center development. KMBC-TV ABC 9 KANSAS CITY Due to black hydrants in Texas community, firefighters must rely on tanker trucks Black fire hydrants scattered throughout the county might go largely unnoticed by the public, but firefighters know what they mean, and many make it a point to know exactly where they are. Ink-colored fireplugs are a signal for firefighters not to hook up water hoses there because of low water volume and the possibility that infrastructure put in place by developers might collapse under the strain. Some neighborhoods that have black hydrants contain large, upscale homes. Bentwater is among them. Hood County Fire Marshal Jeff Young estimates that 65%-70% of the county does not have hydrants that provide strong enough water flows for firefighting. The black fire hydrants came about because for years, there were no regulations in the more rural parts of the county for such things as water availability for firefighting. HOOD COUNTY NEWS PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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