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| Wildfire burned 60 acres near Lindenhurst neighborhoods as firefighters worked for nearly 2 hours to contain it PHOTOS: Over a dozen fire departments were called to extinguish a wind-fueled wildfire that burned around 60 acres of land near two Lindenhurst neighborhoods Sunday afternoon. The Lake Villa Fire Protection District responded around 12:10 p.m. Sunday to the 1800 block of Prairie Ridge Circle in Lindenhurst for a report of a grass fire. Firefighters arrived and reported approximately a half-acre of wildland on fire in the field east of the Nature's Ridge and Auburn Meadows subdivisions, according to fire department radio traffic. The wind caused the fire to spread and get larger. Firefighters worked to stop the fire from spreading to the houses on the east side of the subdivisions. Some residents even used their garden hoses to help crews contain the fire. LAKE & MCHENRY COUNTY SCANNER Gridley fire official speaks on dangers of falling into grain bin following rescue VIDEO: It happens more than you think. Gridley Fire Chief Casey Knobloch said the 68-year-old farmer tried to break up corn stuck in the bin to load a truck, fell in, and sank into the center of the bin up to his neck. The man was taken to a hospital with compression injuries and was released Friday morning. Knobloch said any movement by the corn could have completely covered him. He said it was a complex rescue. "With a grain rescue tube, it's pieces that are small enough to fit through the top hatch of a bin that they can slide together in a circumference around the individual," Knobloch said. "The city of Pontiac arrived, and the city of Chenoa arrived with vacuum trucks and actually vacuumed out the corn around the individual." A Purdue University report shows there were 42 grain entrapments in 2022, which resulted in 15 deaths. WEEK-TV NBC/ABC/CW+ 25 PEORIA PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| VIDEO: Dozens without a home after hot inferno burns at Northeast DC apartment building Nearly two dozen residents in D.C.'s Eckington neighborhood are without a home after a massive fire engulfed an apartment building in Northeast overnight Monday, authorities said. The flames also damaged nearby homes. Firefighters were called to an apartment fire in the 300 block of Seaton Place NE just after midnight, D.C. Fire and EMS said. When fire crews arrived, heavy orange flames were shooting from the roof and both levels of the building, firefighters said. Those strong flames traveled from the building across an alley about 10 feet away to neighboring row homes. Thern Hill-El who lives next door to the building took cellphone video of the fire from his window. The video captures the moments the fire jumped from the alley to a car. WRC-TV NBC 4 WASHINGTON, D.C. Fire Department Instructors Conference returns to Indianapolis More than 35,000 firefighters from across the world will meet in Indianapolis this week for an almost century-old international conference. The 97th annual Fire Department Instructors Conference International has returned to Indianapolis for the 29th year in a row, and will feature more than 250 speakers and classes. Chief David Rhodes with the FDIC joined News 8 on Sunday to share more about the conference. "The show continues to grow, we couldn't do it without the greatest support from all the local fire departments, the city fire department, the township, it's really grown into a huge partnership," he said. "It takes hundreds of people to pull this off." According to their website, "The FDIC experience is more than your traditional trade show it's about the learning and sharing with your peers formally and informally through hallway conversations, developing life-long friendships, and recharging your passion for the industry." WISH-TV CW 8 INDIANAPOLIS Historic Outlet building in Rhode Island was destroyed in spectacular 1986 fire VIDEOS/PHOTOS: The closed Outlet store building was just steps away from WJAR's Broadcast House in downtown Providence. So, on Oct. 16, 1986, Frank Coletta and Art Lake were among the first to smell smoke. The Outlet was on fire, and WJAR had a front-row seat. "Firefighters shown here on the Broadcast House roof. There you can see the explosion throwing firefighters to the deck of Broadcast House," Frank reported. Our "Spy in The Sky" traffic reporter Tony DiBiasio flew over the inferno. "Flames up about 300 or 400 feet," he said. "Smoke up about 1,500 feet." NBC 10's Dyana Koelsch reported live from the station's roof. "Now police are on the scene, and they have already started their investigation into some possible causes," Koelsch reported. "It may be arson involved here. As one fire official put it, mice did not start this blaze." WJAR-TV NBC 10 PROVIDENCE Colorado firefighter travels country to train departments on how to battle electric vehicle fires VIDEO: When not stationed at the firehouse or battling blazes, one Aurora firefighter dedicates his time to training firefighters and departments nationwide in responding to lithium-ion battery fires and electric vehicle fires. Paul Shoemaker, a veteran firefighter and paramedic with the Aurora Fire Department for a decade, collaborates closely with the National Fire Protection Association, the Fire Safety Research Institute, and Underwriters Laboratories. He aims to effect change in fire service practices across the nation. "I'm teaching firefighters how to handle, mitigate, and tactically extinguish lithium-ion battery fires," Shoemaker said. Lithium-ion batteries power a range of devices including e-bikes, e-scooters, and electric vehicles. CBS NEWS COLORADO PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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