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Residents displaced after Lindenhurst home heavily damaged by fire that started on deck

A fire, believed to have started on a deck, quickly spread to a Lindenhurst home Monday afternoon, leaving it heavily damaged and displacing the residents. The Lindenhurst Police Department and Lake Villa Fire Protection District responded around 3:45 p.m. Monday to the 1900 block of Woodlane Drive in Lindenhurst for a report of a structure […]

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Fire causes significant damage to home, damages 2nd home in Lindenhurst

An attached garage fire caused significant damage to a home and also damaged a neighboring home in Lindenhurst Wednesday evening, fire officials said. The Lake Villa Fire Protection District and Lindenhurst Police Department responded around 10:25 p.m. Wednesday to the 2100 block of Meadow Drive in Lindenhurst for a report of a structure fire. Firefighters […]

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‘Total loss’: Firefighters battle extra-alarm fire that destroyed garage, house in Lake Villa

No one was injured after a three-alarm fire destroyed a garage and a house in unincorporated Lake Villa Tuesday afternoon. The Lake Villa Fire Protection District and Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 12:15 p.m. Tuesday to the 39300 block of North Cedar Crest Drive in unincorporated Lake Villa for a structure fire. Firefighters arrived […]

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‘I am forever grateful’: Lake Villa woman thanks firefighters, paramedics who helped deliver her baby

A Lake Villa woman said she is “forever grateful” for the Lake Villa firefighters and paramedics who helped her deliver her baby earlier this month. Nina Purtell told Lake and McHenry County Scanner that she wanted to share a feel-good story following the mass shooting in Highland Park on July 4. Purtell was pregnant with […]