Excerpts from WQAD.com:

The Menominee-Dunleith fire station was destroyed during strong storms Monday morning, June 22, 2015.

The roof collapsed on the building, walls and doors were crushed and vehicles inside the fire station were also damaged.   The fire station is in East Dubuque, Illinois.

It was not yet clear whether the damaged vehicles might include a new fire truck the department reported receiving in June 2014.

 

Excerpts from the Morris-Herald News.com:

COAL CITY – A tornado touched down late Monday night in Coal City, the second twister to hit this town of about 5,500 in less than two years. The tornado was reported about 10 p.m., according to the National Weather Service, and was one of several reported throughout Northern Illinois. Braidwood also reportedly had a tornado. Coal City also was hit by a tornado in November 2013.

Officials were unsure early Tuesday morning how many homes are damaged and how many people are displaced. Coal City High School had been opened for emergency evacuations but that was changed to Coal City Methodist Church, 6805 McArdle, after the high school lost power.

 

Coal City’s fire station received some damage. The fire district has created a Facebook page to spread information, Doerfler said, Coal City Area Tornado – Official.

 

Most of the damage was on the west end of Coal City, he said. There also were reports of damage in unincorporated areas between Morris and Coal City, Schroeder said.

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