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Industrial-grade hydrogen peroxide leak causes evacuation at Baxter Healthcare in Round Lake; no injuries reported

An industrial-grade hydrogen peroxide leak resulted in the evacuation of one building at Baxter Healthcare in Round Lake Sunday afternoon, fire officials said. Emergency personnel from the Fox Lake Fire Protection District were called to Baxter Healthcare at 25212 Route 120 in Round Lake due to an unknown substance leaking, said Lt. Sam Santiago of […]

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One person was injured after falling at bottom of a steep slope at Gander Mountain Forest Preserve

A woman received an ankle injury while hiking at Gander Mountain Forest Preserve in unincorporated Antioch late Wednesday evening, authorities said. Rescue crews from the Antioch Fire Department, the Fox Lake Fire Protection District and the Spring Grove Fire Protection District were dispatched to Gander Mountain in unincorporated Antioch at 6:48 p.m. for a woman […]