A 77-year-old woman has died in the hospital following a house fire that also injured a dog in Lake Barrington early Friday morning. The Lake Barrington woman, whose name has not yet been released, was pronounced dead at 3:50 p.m. Friday at Loyola University Medical Center, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. The […]
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OSHA issues nearly $1.6 million fine to Waukegan company after 4 killed in plant explosion
AB Specialty Silicones was cited for 12 willful federal safety violations and fined nearly $1.6 million following the explosion at the company’s Waukegan plant in May which left four employees dead. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited the company for willful violations, which means “the employer either knowingly failed […]
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Three victims of Waukegan factory explosion identified; search continues for last victim
Three of the victims killed in the Waukegan manufacturing plant blast have been identified by authorities as crews continue to search for the last victim in the rubble. Jeff Cummings, 57, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, Byron H. Biehn, 53, of Brighton Township, Wisconsin, and Allen E. Stevens Jr., 29, of Salem, Wisconsin, were identified as the […]
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Coroner says second body recovered from site of Waukegan plant explosion, bringing deaths up to 3
Lake County Coroner Dr. Howard Cooper announced that a second body has been located in the rubble at the site of the Waukegan plant explosion and one other body remains missing. Cooper said during a press conference that the second body had been found Sunday afternoon by search crews and was in the process of […]
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1 dead, 2 missing after explosion at chemical plant in Waukegan
One person is dead, four people were injured and two others remain missing after a massive explosion and fire at a chemical factory in Waukegan Friday evening, fire officials said. Emergency crews responded around 9:30 p.m. Friday to AB Speciality Silicones, 3790 Sunset Avenue in Waukegan, for a reported explosion. A portion of the factory […]
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Coroner IDs man found dead inside 3-alarm building fire in Round Lake
The person found dead after a 3-alarm building fire in Round Lake on Friday has been identified by the coroner. On August 4 at around 4:15 p.m. the Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District was called to the Campos Tax Service building at 247 North Cedar Lake Road in Round Lake for a report […]
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Person found dead in Round Lake 3-alarm building fire
One person was found dead inside the Campos Income Tax building in Round Lake after a fire tore through it Friday, authorities said. The body was found on the second floor of the building at 247 Cedar Lake Road. The person has not yet been publicly identified according to Lake County Coroner Dr. Howard Cooper. […]