FATAL DUMP TRUCK CRASH BLOCKING ALL LANES OF I-57 AT ROUTE 83 NEAR POSEN, MARKHAM

    SAT JUL 19 2014 ~9:30 AM
    POSEN FIRE DEPARTMENT?
    TRUCK CRASH ON EXPRESSWAY
    SB I-57 AT IL-83 NEAR POSEN

    DUMP TRUCK CRASH CARRYING DIRT* BLOCKING ALL LANES. THE DUMP TRUCK APPARENTLY ROLLED OVER AFTER STRIKING A CONCRETE MEDIAN AND QUICKLY BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE CAB WAS FULLY ENGULFED WITH FIRE.

    THE DRIVER WAS TRAPPED IN THE BURNING TRUCK AND WAS KILLED AT THE SCENE. THE DRIVER WAS IDENTIFIED AS NAPOLEON BREWER, AGE 75.
    ALL SOUTHBOUND LANES WERE SHUTDOWN BY 11:30 AM AND WERE NOT RE-OPENED UNTIL ABOUT 3:00 PM.

    SEVERE SKID MARKS FROM TIRES SHOW AN ARC TO THE LEFT ACROSS TWO LANES AND THE LEFT SHOULDER INTO THE CENTER MEDIAN.

    GOOGLE MAP TRAFFIC ALERT:
    CLOSED ON I-57 AT IL-83
    INCIDENT EVENT TYPE. MAJOR EVENT SEVERITY. ALL LANES AND SHOULDERS CLOSED.
    STARTED: JUL 19, 2014, 9:15AM
    EXPECTED TO END: JUL 19, 2014, 10:45AM

    *NUMEROUS MEDIA SOURCES ARE REPORTING THAT GRAVEL HAD SPILLED ON THE SOUTHBOUND LANES, BUT A WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE DUMP TRUCK WAS CARRYING DIRT.

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FIRE AT GRANDMA SALLY'S FAMILY RESTAURANT ON OGDEN AVE NEAR LOOMIS ST, NAPERVILLE EXTRA ALARM FIRE

    FRI JUL 18 2014 ~2:38 AM
    NAPERVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
    RESTAURANT FIRE/BOX ALARM
    450 EAST ODGEN NAPERVILLE, IL

    MABAS DIVISION 16 BOX ALARM ON BOX #3 FOR A STRUCTURE FIRE (RESTAURANT FIRE).

    INITIAL ALARM ABOUT 2:17 AM. PASSERBY REPORTS SMOKE COMING FROM THE BUILDING.

    NO INJURIES. FIRE IN THE REAR OF THE BUILDING.

    "KNOCK ON THE FIRE" REPORTED AT ABOUT 3:22 AM.


    EMS: NAPERVILLE

    ENGINE(S): FOUR NAPERVILLE ENGINES

    TRUCK(S): NAPERVILLE TRUCK, PLAINFIELD TRUCK

    CHIEF(S): MABAS 16 IMAT (INCIDENT MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE TEAM)

    CHANGE OF QUARTERS: BOLINGBROOK ENGINE, WINFIELD ENGINE, PLAINFIELD ENGINE, WHEATON ENGINE, LISLE-WOODRIDGE TRUCK, DOWNERS GROVE AMBULANCE, NAPERVILLE AMBULANCES

    STAGING: STAGING AT JEWEL-OSCO OGDEN AND WASHINGTON

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HOUSE FIRE ON S MARSHFIELD AVE NEAR 88TH ST, CHICAGO

    SAT JUL 19 2014 ~4:13 AM
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    HOUSE FIRE/WORKING FIRE
    8825 S MARSHFIELD CHICAGO, IL

    E129 CREW ON ARRIVAL REPORTS 1 1/2-STORY FRAME WITH SMOKE SHOWING.

    25X40 WITH ONE LINE ON THE FIRE, AERIAL TO THE ROOF, ALL OCCUPANTS OUT OF THE BUILDING AND PRIMARY SEARCH UNDERWAY BY 4:15 AM.

    T50 AT SIDE A

    RIT AND SQUAD HELD UP, BUT KEEPING THE AMBULANCE COMING IN.

    ENGINE(S): E129 E121

    TRUCK(S): T50 T40

    SQD CV274

    RIT: BC20 T24

    CHIEF(S): BC21

    EMS: AMB?   FC HELD UP  

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WATER RESCUE/RECOVERY FOR CAR IN QUARRY LAKE NEAR DUPAGE RIVER AT AURORA AVE AND EAGLE ST, JUST NORTH OF NAPERVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

    SAT JUL 19 2014 ~2:10 AM
    NAPERVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
    WATER RESCUE/CAR IN WATER
    AURORA AND EAGLE NAPERVILLE, IL

    WATER RESCUE/RECOVERY FOR A CAR IN QUARRY LAKE. ONE VICTIM RESCUED CONSCIOUS AND ALERT. POSSIBLY SEARCHING FOR ADDITIONAL VICTIM OR VICTIMS.

    PASSENGERS MIHIRTEJ BODDUPALLI, 21, OF LISLE AND SAJAAD SAFIULLAH SYED, 21, OF NAPERVILLE WERE DISCOVERED BY DIVERS AND TRANSPORTED TO EDWARD HOSPITAL WHERE THEY WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD.

    DRIVER OF CRASHED 2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA, MICHAEL T. SZOT,  ESCAPED THE VEHICLE IN THE QUARRY AND SWAM TO SHORE, WHERE HE WAS EVENTUALLY CHARGED WITH DUI.

    AUTO AID: LISLE WOODRIDGE FIRE DISTRICT WITH TWO ENGINES WITH TWO DIVERS EACH.

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PIN-IN CRASH AT COLUMBUS AVE AND TRUMBULL AVE, CHICAGO -- CRASH FLEEING POLICE

    SAT JUL 19 2014 ~12:45 AM
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    PIN-IN RESPONSE FOR A CRASH
    3446 W COLUMBUS CHICAGO, IL

    T59 ON ARRIVAL REPORTS REPORTS THEY ARE CHECKING IT OUT, AND THEN REPORTS THEY ARE WORKING ON GETTING A MALE VICTIM OUT.

    BC20 REPORTS THREE VICTIMS TRAPPED. ONE VICTIM OUT, STILL WORKING ON TWO IN THE FRONT SEAT AT ABOUT 12:52 AM.

    CAR VS TREE DURING POLICE PURSUIT.

    TRUCK(S): T59

    CHIEF(S): BC20

    EMS: 3-AMBULANCE RESPONSE

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JIFFY LUBE EMPLOYEE STEPS AWAY FROM WORK TO RESCUE SERIOUSLY INJURED MOTORCYCLIST AT ROUTE 31 AND ROUTE 72 WEST DUNDEE

    FRI JUL 18 2014 ~8:01 AM
    WEST DUNDEE FIRE DEPARTMENT
    CAR VS MOTORCYCLE CRASH
    ROUTE 31 AND IL 72 WEST DUNDEE, IL

    MOTORCYCLE CRASH WITH A CHRYSLER SEBRING. ZELJKO IVELIC, 33, OF PINGREE GROVE WAS TRANSPORTED TO ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL IN ELGIN WHERE HE WAS LISTED IN FAIR CONDITION.

    THE DRIVER OF THE SEBRING ALSO RECEIVED INJURIES AND WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM A LOCAL HOSPITAL.

    CITIZEN RESCUE:
    JIFFY LUBE TECHNICIAN MACKENZY KROGH, 22, OF ELGIN LEFT WORK NEARBY AND USED A BELT HAS A TOURNIQUET JUST BELOW THE VICTIM'S KNEE TO STOP BLEEDING FROM IVELIC'S SERIOUSLY INJURED LOWER LEFT LEG.

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CHICAGO FIRE DEPT AMBULANCE INVOLVED IN CRASH AT BRYN MAWR AND HARLEM AVE -- EMS PLAN 1

    FRI JUL 18 2014 ~3:18 PM
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    EMS PLAN I FOR A MULTIPLE-INJURY CRASH.
    BRYN MAWR AVE AND HARLEM AVE CHICAGO, IL

    A23 REPORTS THEY WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT ABOUT 3:17 PM.

    ONE INJURED MEMBER. AMBULANCE NEEDED FOR INJURED MEMBER AND A23'S PATIENT.

    A23 CALLS FOR AN EMS PLAN I AT ABOUT 3:30 PM

    ONE MEMBER TRANSPORTED FROM A23 CRASH, AND A23 PATIENT TRANSPORTED BY ANOTHER AMBULANCE.

    MOST OR ALL OF THE REST OF PEOPLE INVOLVED SIGNING MEDICAL REFUSALS.

    A2 UPDATE: FOUR REFUSALS, AND 3 TRANSPORTS PLUS THE ORIGINAL A23 PATIENT (TOTAL 4 PATIENTS TRANSPORTED).  ONE ON-DUTY MEMBER BEING TRANSPORTED AND ONE OFF-DUTY MEMBER BEING TRANSPORTED.


    EMS: A23 A47 A20 A15 A13

    CHIEF(S): BC11
    2-2-2

    STAGING: AMBULANCES STAGING ON BRYN MAWR EAST OF HARLEM.

    STRUCK OUT AT 3:39 PM STRUCK OUT ON ORDERS OF 2-2-2.

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FIRE AT THE HOLIDAY INN NEAR I-57 AND LINCOLN HIGHWAY (US 30), MATTESON

    FRI JUL 18 2014 ~4:50 PM
    MATTESON FIRE DEPARTMENT
    HOTEL FIRE/WORKING FIRE
    500 HOLIDAY PLAZA DR MATTESON, IL

    WORKING ON A FIRE AT THE "HOLIDAY INN"

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HOUSE FIRE ON LYNDALE ST NEAR ST LOUIS AVE, CHICAGO

    FRI JUL 18 2014 ~6:25 PM
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    HOUSE FIRE/WORKING FIRE
    3511 LYNDALE ST CHICAGO, IL

    E76 CREW ON ARRIVAL REPORTS A FIRE ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF A 2 1/2-STORY FRAME.

    BC7 REPORTS A TWO-STORY FRAME 25X50. LINE LED OUT AND PRIMARY UNDERWAY BY 6:33 PM.

    FIRE COMMUNICATED FROM 3511 TO 3509 LYNDALE ST.

    OVERHAUL BY ABOUT 6:45 PM.

    ENGINE(S): E76 E91

    TRUCK(S): T35 T13

    SQD2 CV272

    RIT: BC12 T20 OR T28

    CHIEF(S): BC7

    EMS: AMB? FC? STANDBY AMB?


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CRASH WITH INJURIES WB I-90 AND TYRELL RD NEAR GILBERTS -- ALL LANES BLOCKED

    FRI JUL 18 2014 ~2:21 PM
    HUNTLEY FPD?
    PERSONAL INJURY CRASH
    WB I-90 AND TYRELL RD NEAR GILBERTS

    CRASH WITH INJURIES; SEMI-TRAILER TRUCK INVOLVED. ALL WB LANES BLOCKED AT RANDALL RD.


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TWO BUSES FROM SAME NON-PROFIT SERVICE, CLEARBROOK CENTER, CRASH WITH ONE ROLLOVER AT HICKS RD AND KIRCHOFF RD, ROLLING MEADOWS

    FRI JUL 18 2014 ~9:00 AM
    ROLLING MEADOWS FIRE DEPARTMENT
    2-BUS ROLLOVER CRASH
    HICKS RD AND KIRCHOFF RD ROLLING MEADOWS, IL

    BC15 ON ARRIVAL REPORTS ONE BUS ON ITS SIDE AND ONE BUS UPRIGHT OFF THE ROAD.

    E16 REPORTS TWO PATIENTS FROM THE BUS ON ITS SIDE AT ABOUT 9:08 AM. STILL ASSESSING PATIENTS IN THE UPRIGHT BUS. SIX PASSENGERS ON THE UPRIGHT BUS WERE REPORTED UNINJURED.

    MALE DRIVER OF THE UPRIGHT BUS HAD MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED

    E84 SECURED THE BUSES -- TURNING ENGINES OFF. CRIBBING APPLIED.

    4-AMBULANCE RESPONSE.

    3 PATIENTS TRANSPORTED CODE GREEN TO NORTHWEST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ARLINGTON HEIGHTS. ON PATIENT TRANSPORTED CODE GREEN TO ALEXIAN BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER, ELK GROVE VILLAGE.

    Two Buses from Same Non-Profit Service Crash with Disabled Adults and Children Aboard.

    ENGINE(S): E15? E16 E84

    CHIEF(S): BC15

    EMS: A15 A16 PALATINE A84 PALATINE RURAL A36

    STAGING: MARATHON GAS STATION PARKING LOT

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GARBAGE MAN STUNG BY MULTIPLE BEES OR WASPS ON DRAKE AVE NEAR PROSPECT DR, PROSPECT HEIGHTS

    FRI JUL 18 2014 ~8:01 AM
    PROSPECT HEIGHTS FPD
    MULTIPLE BEE OR WASP STINGS
    1104 DRAKE AVE PROSPECT HEIGHTS, IL

    GARBAGE MAN STUNG BY 8 BEES OR WASPS. REGISTERED NURSE ON THE SCENE.

    SQUAD(S): SQD9

    EMS: A9

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