Firefighters were kept busy responding to multiple firework-related emergency calls in Zion, including a man who was left seriously injured in a firework accident. Zion Fire-Rescue Department Fire Chief Justin Stried said his department responded to multiple small fires resulting from firework debris on the Fourth of July. One of the incidents involved a garage […]
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Improperly discarded fireworks likely cause of extra-alarm fire that destroyed home in Wadsworth
Improperly discarded fireworks are believed to have caused an extra-alarm fire that destroyed a home, leaving it partially collapsed, in Wadsworth Friday morning. The Gurnee Fire Department and Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 12:50 a.m. Friday to the 37700 block of North Charlotte Drive in Wadsworth for a report of a structure fire. Firefighters […]
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Student charged after starting fire with firework at Harvard High School, police say
Police say they arrested a 15-year-old student after he allegedly caused a fire after putting a firework in a garbage can at Harvard High School on Friday. The Harvard Police Department responded around 1:12 p.m. Friday to Harvard High School, 1103 North Jefferson Street. Harvard Deputy Police Chief Tyson Bauman said officers received a call […]
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Fireworks believed to have caused Lippold Park fire in Crystal Lake
Fire officials say that fireworks are believed to have caused a multiple-acre field fire at Lippold Park in Crystal Lake Saturday evening. The Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department and Crystal Lake Park District Police Department responded around 9:42 p.m. Saturday to Lippold Park, 1051 Route 176 in Crystal Lake. Crystal Lake Fire Chief Paul DeRaedt […]