Archive for April 11th, 2015

House fire in Hanesville, IL 4/9/15

Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:

An apparent lightning strike Thursday afternoon set the roof of a house on fire in Hainesville.

A 911 call came in at 12:20 p.m. for a house fire in the 200 block of Big Horn Drive, officials said, and first-responding crews arrived to find a quarter of the roof on fire.

flames through roof of house struck by lightning

Mark Typlin photo

smoke from roof of house on fire

Mark Typlin photo

house fire scene

Tim Olk photo

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New tower ladder for Bedford Park

This from Josh Boyajian:

Had the opportunity to shoot both of Bedford Park’s tower ladders on Friday. The new one is a 2015 Pierce Dash CF PUC 100′ RM with an aluminum ladder, a 2000-GPM pump, and a 280-gallon water tank. Here is a shot with both of them together before the old one goes off to Canada.
new fire truck for Bedford Park

New and old Bedford Park Tower Ladder(s) 709. Josh Boyajian photo

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