Archive for December 26th, 2012

Northfield MVA 12-26-12

Dec 26

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Tim Olk submitted images from a motor vehicle accident today at the intersection of Willow and Waukegan Roads. Units responded from Northfield, Northbrook, and Glenview.

Northfield firefighters attend to the driver. Tim Olk photo

Northfield firefighters remove the car’s driver. Tim Olk photo

Glenview and Northbrook firefighters remove the passenger from the car. TIm Olk photo

Tags: car crash at Willow and Waukegan Roads in Northfield, firefighters remove patient from car, Glenview Fire Department, Northbrook Fire Department, Northfield Fire Department, Northfield Fire Rescue, paramedics tend to injured car occupants, Tim Olk

One car MVA on Christmas in Northbrook

Dec 26

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Northbrook firefighters responded to a one-car motor vehicle accident on Techny Road during a lake-effect storm on Christmas day. Initial reports cited two unresponsive patients in the car that collided with a utility pole. Firefighters transported both to the hospital.

Tim Olk was nearby and submitted several images from the scene.

crash on Techny Road in Northrook 12-25-12

Firefighters asses the car’s unresponsive driver. Tim Olk photo

Firefighters remove the driver from the car. Tim Olk photo

Firefighters remove the passenger from the car. Tim Olk photo

Tags: car hits utility pole in Northbrook, firefighters remove victims from car crash, Northbrook Fire Department, one car crash during snow, Tim Olk, two hurt in Northbrook car crash on Christmas

North Palos FPD fights house fire on Christmas

Dec 26

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Tim Olk went into the North Palos FPD on Christmas and submitted several images from a house fire in Palos Hills.

The Palos Patch posted this:

A family of six had to be evacuated from their Palos Hills home after a chimney fire sparked a blaze in the attic on Christmas Day, officials said.

No one was injured in the fire in the 104th block of 84th Avenue in Palos Hills, but the home is unhabitable, said North Palos Fire Protection District Battalion Chief Rocky Carlson.

Carlson said he believes the family went to stay with other family members. The call came in at about 1:43 p.m. Tuesday and firefighters got it under control somewhere between 15 minutes and a half an hour, he said.