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Planes skids off runway at Chicago Executive Airport, 10-21-20

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Jet slides off the runway at Chicago Executive Airport Wednesday night 10/21/20

Wheeling FD Crash Truck 23 on scene

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Prospect Heights FPD Crash Truck 39 on scene

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Prospect Heights FPD Crash Truck 39 on scene

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Double fatal MVA in Prospect Heights, 9-30-20

Police and firefighters from Prospect Heights and Wheeling responded to a crash with entrapment Wednesday morning (9/30/20) that was reported at Wolf and Palatine Roads. The incident actually occurred at Messner Drive and Wolf Road with both vehicles crashing through an outer fence at the Chicago Executive Airport. An SUV was on it’s roof and a small box truck on it’s side at the edge of a taxiway. Two victims were entrapped and a third was ejected from one of the vehicles and was trounced dead at the scene. One of the other patients also died and the third was critically injured.

SUV upside down after serious crash

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As seen around … Evanston

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Evanston Fire Dept hosted MABAS Division 3 dive training Thursday night at the Church Street power boat ramp

MABAS Division 3 divers

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IHC Type I ambulance

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IHC Type I ambulance

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Freightliner Type I ambulance

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Wilmette FD Squad 26

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MABAS Division 3 divers

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Dumpster fire in Northbrook, 8-28-20

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Northbrook Dumpster fire at 2467 st Stephens Green

Firefighters extinguish a dumpster fire

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Working fire in Wheeling, 8-22-20

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about 5:40 p.m. Saturday August 22, Wheeling Fire Department to a report of a townhouse fire at 1477 Chippewa Trail

flames engulf townhouse in Wheeling

Prospect Heights FD Tower 9

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Prospect Heights FD Tower 9

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Wheeling FD Truck 24

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Rollover crash in Skokie, 8-9-20

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Rollover on Edens 94 north at Glenview Road around 2:13 Sunday 8/9/20

IDOT Minutemen at crash site

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Skokie Firefighters at I94 crash scene

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rollover crash on highway

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Working fire in Des Plaines, 7-26-20

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Working Fire at 459 Good Ave 

Des Plaines firefighters after a fire

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fire truck and ambulance in Des Plaines

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aftermath of house fire

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Spartan fire engine with lines off

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Working fire in Winnetka, 3-20-20

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Winnetka working Fire last night at 811 Elm

Winnetka fire engine at fire scene

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Spartan Gladiator fire engine

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E-ONE Cyclone fire engine

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FD ambulance at night

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E-ONE Cyclone E-MAX fire engine

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Pierce Arrow XT ladder truck

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Winnetka fire truck at fire scene

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Box alarm fire in Evanston, 4-8-20

Excerpts from fox32chicago.com:

Evanston firefighters were called at 9:09 p.m. for a fire in a the single-family home in the 2200 block of Sherman Avenue Sunday night.

Firefighters arrived to find the south side of the house engulfed in flames with heavy smoke throughout. They removed a confused resident from the front doorway and rescued the family cat from inside the home.

The fire was extinguished within an hour. The resident was taken to a hospital in good condition. Two firefighters were also taken to hospitals with minor soft tissue injuries.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Evanston fire truck

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fire scene

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Evanston fire truck

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Evanston FD command car

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Evanston fire truck

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Apartment fire in Arlington Heights, 3-4-20

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One person was hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening after a fire Wednesday in Arlington Heights that started about 11:15 p.m. at 16 East Northwest Highway. At least one other person was rescued from the building.

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Arlington Heights code 4 at 16 E Northwest Hwy

apartment building fire at 16 E Northwest Hwy

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apartment building fire at 16 E Northwest Hwy

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apartment building fire at 16 E Northwest Hwy

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apartment building fire at 16 E Northwest Hwy

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apartment building fire at 16 E Northwest Hwy

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apartment building fire at 16 E Northwest Hwy

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