FIRE IN A REAR BEDROOM OF AN 18-UNIT, TWO-STORY APARTMENT BUILDING. FIRE EXTINGUISHED IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES. THREE DOGS KILLED IN APARTMENT WERE RESIDENT WAS NOT HOME. ONE RESIDENT FROM ANOTHER UNIT TREATED AND RELEASED AT SCENE AFTER BEING AFFECTED BY COLD AIR AND SMOKE.
THU NOV 29 2012 ~11:20 AM
WHEELING FIRE DEPARTMENT
TECHNICAL RESCUE BOX ALARM INDUSTRIAL RESCUE/RECOVERY
225 CARPENTER AVE WHEELING, IL
BOX 24-TRS FOR REPORT OF AN UNRESPONSIVE MAN IN A 6,000 GALLON TANK. THE TANK IS REPORTED TO HAVE CONTAINED METHYLENE CHLORIDE. THE TANK IS LOCATED IN AN OUTSIDE YARD AT "SUNNYSIDE CORPORATION".
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, BUFFALO GROVE FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE AUTO-AID WITH HAZMAT TECHNICIANS.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, BUFFALO GROVE, DES PLAINES, ELK GROVE TOWNSHIP, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, LIBERTYVILLE, MOUNT PROSPECT, PALATINE, PALATINE RURAL, NORTHBROOK, NORTHFIELD, SCHAUMBURG, SKOKIE, STREAMWOOD AND OTHERS ARE MUTUAL AID ON THE BOX ALARM.
TWO UNCONSCIOUS PIT BULLS RESCUED FROM THE GARAGE AS SOON AS THE GARAGE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. DOGS WERE TREATED BY TRACE AMBULANCE PARAMEDICS WITH OXYGEN MASKS DESIGNED FOR DOGS. THE DOGS WERE RESPONSIVE AFTER A FEW MINUTES.
7000 SOUTH STONY ISLAND AVE CHICAGO, IL (IN THIS BLOCK)
POLICE TACTICAL UNIT (UNMARKED) CRASHED WHILE RESPONDING TO REPORT OF ARMED ROBBERY IN PROGRESS. CAR VS. POLE WITH ROLLOVER, BUT PIN-IN RESPONSE HELD UP. THREE POLICE OFFICERS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITALS -- TWO TO NORTHWEST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, AND ONE TO STROGER COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL.