Following the retirement of Buffalo Grove BC Brian Barna, the Buffalo Grove FD promoted Lieutenant Ronald Two Bulls to the rank of battalion chief and Firefighter Alfredo Caballero to the rank of lieutenant at the village board meeting Monday, May 6, 2019.
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Excerpts from wsiltv.com:
Investigators have been on the scene since the fire Sunday morning trying in Christopher to figure out what caused the blaze where 24-year-old Firefighter Kody Vanfossan died while fighting a the fire. They say the building was vacant at the time the fire started.
Christopher Fire Chief Ron Learned said more than 17 fire departments responded to the fire inside the old office furniture store on the corner of Market and Emma Street. An hour into the call, a firefighter called out Mayday after finding someone down inside the fire scene. Shortly thereafter, firefighters found Vanfossan’s dad, a more than 10-year veteran with the Christopher Fire Department, but they were not able to recover Kody until later. Vanfossan was on the second floor of the building when the Mayday call was issued.
While Christopher firefighters mourn the loss of their brother, area firefighters are manning the fire station.
Vanfossan’s visitation will be held Thursday, May 9 from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the Christopher High School Gym with a Firefighter Walk-through set for 7:30 p.m. A Visitation will also be on Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. with a Firefighter Walk-through at 10:45 a.m.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the high school with burial to follow at St. Andrews Catholic Cemetery in Christopher.
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Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:
The body of one of two people still missing after Friday’s explosion at the AB Specialty Silicones factory in Waukegan was recovered Sunday afternoon. Crews found the missing man at approximately 2:30 p.m. in the rubble. The blast killed two others shortly after 9:30 p.m. Friday.
On Sunday, machines moved heavy objects such as air conditioners and large pieces of the building’s roof, while others on the ground used shovels as they searched for the bodies of the missing people.
Another victim, Allen Stevens, 29, of Salem, Wis., died at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood. Stevens was initially taken to Vista Medical Center East and transferred to Loyola where he was pronounced dead at 11:50 a.m. Saturday.
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