Archive for April 20th, 2019

Fatal fire in Rockford, 4-19-19

Excerpts from mystateline.com:

The Winnebago County Coroner says a 56-year-old woman was killed in a fire Friday morning in the 800 block of 18th Street, not far from Churchill Park and Keith Creek just before 3 a.m.

Rockford fire officials say after arriving, they could see smoke and flames coming from the outside. Five minutes after arriving, they went inside, where they found the victim. She was taken to the hospital, where she later died. Three dogs also died in the blaze.

Rockford Fire Chief Derek Bergsten says there’s an easy way to prevent these kinds of tragedies. “One thing we would like to emphasize is make sure you have working smoke alarms. That’s imperative so that you can get early notification that you do have a fire in your house so you can exit in a safe manner. This is our second fire fatality this week and we want to make sure everyone has working smoke alarms.”

Bergsten says the fire only took 30 minutes to extinguish, and that the cause is still under investigation.

 

Tags: , ,

Dive box in Wauconda, 4-19-19

This from Tyler Tobolt:

Wauconda Requested a dive Box Alarm for a rescue at Bangs Lake. After two hours into the incident it was turned into a recovery. 
Here are some photos from the scene.
 
Thanks, Tyler Tobolt

Divers and sonar technicians were looking for a 9-year-old boy in Bangs Lake in Wauconda Friday night. Wauconda police said they were called to Lakeview Villa Beach at about 7:20 p.m. for a water rescue. A 10-year-old boy and 9-year-old boy had been on the lake in a paddleboat, they went into the water and screamed for help. Nearby fishermen were able to pull the 10-year-old out of the water before emergency crews arrived.

Rescuers were still searching for the 9-year-old boy as of 9:45 p.m. Police said high winds and rough water carried the boy out towards the center of the lake. Fire officials said that 15 divers and a group of sonar technicians from both the Wauconda Fire Department and other nearby fire departments continued to search for the boy.

 

Fire officials said the 10-year-old boy did not sustain any life threatening injuries and that divers and sonar technicians would likely continue to search until midnight.

9-year-old boy drowned in Wauconda 4/19/19

Tyler Tobolt photo

9-year-old boy drowned in Wauconda 4/19/19

Tyler Tobolt photo

9-year-old boy drowned in Wauconda 4/19/19

Tyler Tobolt photo

9-year-old boy drowned in Wauconda 4/19/19

Tyler Tobolt photo

Tags: , , ,

Working fire in Chicago, 4-19-19

This from Eric Haak:

A windy day in Chicago on Friday (4/19/19) led to a primary power line coming down on top of garages in the 6200 block of West 64th St. The live wire ignited two garages and companies had to wait for power to be cut before going to work. The power was cut just as the roof began to get going and the fire was extinguished before it could extend to any other exposures. Engine 65 and 127 worked this incident because Engine 32 was committed on a prior incident.

live power line on garage starts fire

Eric Haak photo

Firefighters advance on fire with hose line

Eric Haak photo

Firefighters advance on fire with hose line

Eric Haak photo

Firefighters fight alley garage fire

Eric Haak photo

Firefighters fight alley garage fire

Eric Haak photo

Firefighters fight alley garage fire

Eric Haak photo

Firefighters fight alley garage fire

Eric Haak photo

Firefighters fight alley garage fire

Eric Haak photo

Tags: , , , ,

Water rescue in Milwaukee, 4-19-19

This from Asher Heimermann:

The Milwaukee Police Department, Milwaukee Fire Department, and the U.S. Coast Guard responded to a report of a kite surfer in distress Friday afternoon in Lake Michigan near McKinley Beach.
 
Officers were able to successfully rescue the man who did not appear to be seriously injured.
 
Milwaukee Police Department Marine UNit with kite surfer in distress

Asher Heimermann photo

Tags: , , ,