First responders lined a procession route in McHenry Wednesday to honor a veteran Lincolnshire-Riverwoods firefighter who died in an off-duty accident last week. Mark Amore, 46, of McHenry, died on April 16 while working at his side job as a heavy equipment operator for Pirtano Construction. Amore was operating a skid steer in a parking […]
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Off-duty Lincolnshire firefighter dies in skid steer accident in Fox Lake
An off-duty firefighter/paramedic with the Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District died Thursday afternoon in a skid steer accident in Fox Lake. The Fox Lake Police Department and Fox Lake Fire Protection District responded around 2:20 p.m. Thursday to Ben Watts Marina, 116 South Route 12. Police said that a man, identified as Mark Amore, 46, was […]
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Harvard firefighter dies following battle with cancer
Funeral arrangements are set for a 30-year veteran firefighter of Harvard’s fire department after he died following a battle with cancer, the fire chief said. “It is with the deepest sorrow that the Harvard Fire Protection District reports the death of one of our firefighters,” Harvard Fire Protection District Acting Chief Bryan Pierce said in […]