Archive for December 10th, 2012

Fatal fire in LaGrange 12-8-12

The Chicago Tribune has an article about a house fire in LaGrange which resulted in multiple fatalities:

A man and a woman died in a three-alarm house fire in southwest suburban La Grange early [Saturday] morning, officials said.

The village’s Fire Department received several 911 calls just after 1:30 a.m. about a fire at a house in the 900 block of South Kensington Avenue, Fire Chief William J. Bryzgalski said.

A man in his 90s and a woman whose age has not been released were taken from the home to Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital, officials said. The man was pronounced dead at 3:32 a.m., and the woman – whom Bryzgalski described as elderly — was pronounced dead at 5:18 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The complete article can be found HERE.

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Chicago Still & Box Alarm 12-9-12 part 2

The Chicago Tribune has a small article about Sunday morning’s fire:

 A man was taken to the hospital and seven people were displaced in a South Side fire that broke out early this morning in a two-story building in the South Shore neighborhood.

Firefighters responded shortly before 5 a.m. to the building, which is in the 2700 block of East 75th Place.

The entire article can be found HERE.

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Roberts Park FPD Annual Santa Run

This from Martin Nowak:

Roberts Park will be going on their annual Santa run in Justice on December 15th and in Hickory Hills on December 16th.

From the Roberts Park FPD website:

HO! HO! HO! Santa’s coming to town! The Roberts Park Fire District is holding its annual Santa Run! Look and listen for the big red truck in your neighborhood for Santa and his elves on the following days:

Saturday, December 15, 2012
VILLAGE OF JUSTICE
8:30 a.m. – Dusk

Sunday, December 16, 2012
CITY OF HICKORY HILLS
8:30 a.m. – Dusk

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