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From Jimmy Bolf:
Crystal Lake, IL Box Alarm House Fire 3/20/24
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Incident command van we striped for Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department
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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 NWHerald.com:
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 abc7chicago.com:
One person is dead after a fire in a home in Crystal Lake Monday.
Fire officials said they were called to a home in the 600-block of Sussex Lane just after 4 p.m. by police officers, who said there was a fire both inside and outside the home where firefighters saw police taking a victim out of the front door of the home. The victim was taken to Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital where he died of his injuries.
Firefighters extinguished the flames, but said the home was extensively damaged. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Excerpts from the NorthwestHerald.com:
First respondersFirefighters from numerous municipalities responded to a house fire Monday morning in the 900 block of Wedgewood Drive in Crystal Lake. The fire, which was reported by neighbors about 9:15 a.m. and filled the upper floor and attic of a two-story home, quickly was contained.The fire caused about $80,000. Its cause is not yet known, but it is being treated as a suspicious incident, Crystal Lake Fire Chief Chris Olsen said.
“The residence was not sprinklered; however, smoke detectors were activated. The first arriving crew removed dogs from the residence while engine companies deployed two hose lines into the building for suppression and searched for occupants,” according to a statement from Battalion Chief Chris Koppera.
Units from Algonquin-Lake in the Hills, Harvard, Huntley, Lake Zurich, Marengo, McHenry Township, Nunda Rural, Spring Grove, Wauconda, and Wonder Lake assisted at the scene.
