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This from Tyler Tobolt:
Here are photos from a Crystal Lake box alarm just after midnight on Dec 26th at 151 Rosedale Ave. The house and the vehicle on the driveway were on fire.
More photos HERE
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Photos from the 3-Alarm fire at. 540 Devonshire Lane in Crystal Lake, 7-17-19.
Tyler Tobolt photo
Tyler Tobolt photo
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Tyler Tobolt photo
Excerpts from nbcchicago.com:
At around 3 a.m. on Wednesday, the Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department responded to a reported fire at 540 Devonshire Lane.
first respondersFirefighters arriving on the scene found a two-story, multi-family apartment style building with fire visible on the roof.Police officers and firefighters began evacuating residents while crews worked to extinguish the blaze, which was elevated to a three-alarm fire. The fire was first seen on the roof but quickly spread the entire length of the building through the attic. who said crews set up multiple ladder trucks to get water onto the roof and attic.
The fire was declared under control at around 5:20 a.m. The building was deemed uninhabitable and no injuries were reported.
Michael Paige photo
Michael Paige photo
Michael Paige photo
Michael Paige photo
Michael Paige photo
Michael Paige photo
Michael Paige photo
Excerpts from the nwherald.com:
Excerpts from the NWHerald.com:
The Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department was called about 8:40 p.m. Friday 4/5/19 to the 200 block of West Woodstock Street in Crystal Lake. One person was home when the fire started. A neighbor notified that person of the fire who escaped before firefighters arrived.
Smoke and flames were coming from the second floor and roof when firefighters arrived. Crews attempted to enter the home, but retreated because the entire attic area was on fire.
Firefighters worked to bring water to the building from the outside, and the fire was under control by about 10 p.m. No one was injured in the fire, and the cause is under investigation.
A MABAS 2nd Alarm was called to bring in assistance from other area departments. The fire caused extensive damage to the home, which was deemed uninhabitable. Estimated damage is $125,000, according to the department.
Excerpts from the northwestherald.com:
Two Crystal Lake firefighters are serving misdemeanor sentences outside of jail in connection with a March 2017 disturbance at a local bar.
Timothy R. Kerley and Adam J. Fowles were two of nine off-duty Crystal Lake firefighters subject to disciplinary action after a March 27, 2017, baby shower at Finn McCool’s in Crystal Lake. Witnesses told an investigator hired by the city that firefighters groped customers and bar employees, continued drinking after they were cut off and eventually were kicked out, according to a report prepared by an Oak Brook law firm.
Two of the firefighters allegedly were so drunk that other patrons complained about the pair and employees refused to continue to serve them.
Fowles also was accused of grabbing a woman by her hips and thrusting his pelvis against her, court records show. Prosecutors originally charged him with a felony count of aggravated battery. On Thursday, however, he accepted an offer from the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office and entered an Alford plea to a misdemeanor battery charge.
Alford pleas allow a defendant to maintain their innocence while accepting the penalties of a conviction.
Excerpts from there NWherald.com:
Crystal Lake firefighters responded about 10:40 p.m. Tuesday to the 400 block of Nash Road in Crystal Lake for a structure fire called in by an occupant of the residence.
When
first respondersfirefighters arrived at 10:45 p.m., they saw flames coming from the front of the single-story home. Additional assistance was requested from 10 other fire departments.The fire quickly was extinguished and no one was injured. The home sustained smoke damage throughout and the damage is estimated to be more than $25,000. The Crystal Lake Building Department deemed the home uninhabitable.
Firefighters from Algonquin-Lake in the Hills, McHenry, Barrington Countryside, West Dundee, Carpentersville, Marengo, Huntley, Cary, Wauconda, and Nunda Rural assisted.
Excerpts from the NWHerald.com:
The Crystal Lake firefighters union’s lawsuit against the city has been amended to include new allegations that city officials retaliated against the union and one of its members after he tried to alert authorities to illegal activity.
The amended complaint in McHenry County Circuit Court alleges that the city refused to release money from the Foreign Fire Insurance Tax Fund to the Foreign Fire Insurance Tax Board, which is comprised of firefighters union members.
According to the complaint, FFIT Board Treasurer Brian Marino disclosed the city’s alleged conduct to the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office in November and to the Crystal Lake Police Department in December, believing the city violated a state law on criminal theft and civil conversion.
The new allegations are part of a lawsuit that the Crystal Lake Foreign Fire Insurance Tax Board and the city’s firefighters labor union filed Aug. 2 against the city and numerous city officials, alleging that they violated state laws when they zeroed out the foreign fire insurance tax imposed on out-of-state insurance companies. The tax collected more than $60,000 a year.
The amended complaint alleges that the city retaliated against the FFIT Board and union members because of Marino’s whistleblowing by revising its foreign fire insurance tax ordinance in January and August, intending to curtail the FFIT Board’s spending and rule-making authority, as well as eliminating the board’s funding.
The complaint also alleges that Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Chief Paul DeRaedt earlier this year reduced Marino’s performance score and removed any language that reflected positively on Marino’s work with the FFIT Board. It also claimed Marino’s score on a promotional exam was reduced.
On Monday, the city requested more time to respond to the additional claims made by the union in the second amended complaint, which was filed in October.
The city was expected to file a response by Nov. 1, but on Monday, the request for more time was granted.
Crystal Lake City Attorney Vic Filippini said Tuesday that the firefighters’ attorneys asked for time to file a second amended complaint, which was granted, but noted the union didn’t indicate the amended complaint would be materially different.
But when the complaint was filed in October, it presented a “series of new and legal allegations, which raise complicated legal issues that require additional time for defendants to properly address,” according to McHenry County court documents.
In August, the City Council voted to repeal the city’s foreign fire insurance tax and use the remaining $150,000 in the Foreign Fire Insurance Tax Fund until it is depleted, according to city documents and fire officials.
“It was the belief of the Crystal Lake City Council that at this point in time, those funds were not being used for appropriate purposes,” Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley said in August. “Therefore, in order to protect the best interest of the people of Crystal Lake, we zeroed it out until we can get to a point where we reach an agreement with the foreign fire insurance board where they will return to the good practices that were in place for decades as opposed to the current desire on the part of the board to use the funds for the personal benefit of firefighters.”
