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| ‘Deep sadness': First African-American fire chief in Lake County dies at age 76 PHOTO: Lake County's first African-American fire chief died this week at age 76 after serving on the North Chicago Fire Department for over 24 years before his retirement. The North Chicago Fire Department announced Friday with "deep sadness" that retired fire chief Richard Turner died on Thursday. Turner was hired as a full-time firefighter with the North Chicago Fire Department on November 1, 1974. He had worked as a paid-on-call firefighter prior to his full-time hire. He was promoted to deputy chief in 1986 and served in the role until 1990. Turner was promoted to fire chief from 1990 through October 31, 1998, at which point he retired. Turner, a long-time resident of North Chicago, was the first African-American fire chief in Lake County. He also served in the U.S. Marines in Vietnam. LAKE & MCHENRY COUNTY SCANNER Two injured after house fire in Franklin County Two people are injured after a fire erupted in a home Monday morning.Firefighters rushed to the scene of a house on fire near Thompsonville around 1:20 a.m. West Frankfort Fire Chief Derek Sailliez said when the first fire crew arrived, the two-story home was fully involved. Firefighters started spraying down the exterior part of the home with water and continued to fight the flames. Two people were inside when the blaze started. Sailliez said they woke up to the fire which was in their room at the time. Those two individuals were injured from the fire, treated on scene and then taken to appropriate levels of care for their injures. Saillez said there was not any working smoke detectors in the home. Fire crews were on scene for several hours working the house fire. The fire is under investigation. WSIL-TV ABC 3 HARRISBURG PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| VIDEO: 2 hospitalized with burn injuries after large fire at South Los Angeles construction site Two people were hospitalized with serious injuries after a fire broke out overnight at a construction site in the Central-Alameda neighborhood of South Los Angeles. The fire at a multi-family residential building construction site was first reported just before 3:30 a.m. in the 1500 block of East Vernon Street. Two people, a 66-year-old man and 64-year-old woman, were hospitalized with serious burn injuries. A 30-year-old man was checked out by firefighter-paramedics at the scene. At least 17 people living near the fire site had to be evacuated. Although fire officials did not have the exact number of evacuees, they said people would be able to return to their homes soon. "Someone climbed on top of our garage and banged on our window to wake us up," one neighbor said. "We grabbed our dogs and came out here." KNBC-TV NBC 4 LOS ANGELES New York bill would require fire safety precautions in e-bike shops Shops in New York state that peddle e-bikes would be required to implement enhanced fire safety precautions under a newly introduced bill aimed at curbing New York City's e-bike fire crisis. The legislation, which would mandate automatic fire monitoring and Class B extinguishers in e-bike shops, is part of a package of e-bike safety bills proposed by state Sen. Iwen Chu, a Brooklyn Democrat. Another bill would set new standards for e-bike batteries. "There is an urgency here," Chu said in an interview. "We're working to save lives." Since New York City lifted its e-bike ban in 2018, the devices have proliferated across the city, posing a growing safety challenge. E-bikes are powered by flammable lithium-ion batteries that can spark fast-moving infernos. OLEAN TIMES HERALD - METERED SITE The deadliest nightclub fire in the world occurred 81 years ago in Massachusetts VIDEO: Tuesday marks the anniversary of the deadliest nightclub fire in history, which occurred right in Massachusetts. On November 28, 1942, more than 490 people were killed in a fire at the Cocoanut Grove on Piedmont Street in Boston. The Cocoanut Grove was a restaurant/club that was very popular in the 20s, became less popular in the 30s due to the prohibition of alcohol, but became popular again during the early years of World War II. According to the Boston Fire Historical Society, the Cocoanut Grove was a single-story building, where the first floor was a restaurant with a ballroom floor and the basement contained a bar called the Melody Lounge. During the warmer months, the roof in the dining room was retractable to let guests dine under the moon and stars. The main entrance to the building was a revolving door facing Piedmont Street. WWLP-TV NBC/CW+ 22 SPRINGFIELD Made in Arizona, Fido Bags are shipped to fire departments across the country as a lifesaving tool for pets in emergencies VIDEO: First responders lacked the tools needed to give pets the best chance of survival in emergencies for decades, but now, a Valley nonprofit is providing those tools to fire and police departments across the country. "We pull out more dogs and cats and stuff than actual humans." Phoenix firefighter Bobby Laufer said. About 40,000 pets die in fires every year, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association. Marie Peck wants to lower that statistic. Peck founded the Fetch Foundation and went on to create The Fido Bag. Each bag is filled with essential items needed to help save pets. "What it means to our firefighters and police officers, knowing they can do something now," Peck said. "There's some of our older guys who have told me 'if they only had it back in the day.'" KPNX-TV NBC 12 PHOENIX PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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