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Mount Prospect  Fire Department Code 4  1908 Seneca :

Mount Prospect Fire Department Code 4 1908 Seneca

Updated: Apr 19, 2008 7:22pm PST

Des Plaines Fire Department House Fire :

Des Plaines Fire Department House Fire

Updated: Jul 08, 2007 8:01pm PST

Palatine Fire Department Code 4 Working House Fire :

Palatine Fire Department Code 4 Working House Fire

Updated: Jul 08, 2007 2:30pm PST

Schaumburg Fire Department Apartment Fire : Temps Were Around 100 Degrees With Heat Index Around 115

Schaumburg Fire Department Apartment Fire

Temps Were Around 100 Degrees With Heat Index Around 115

Updated: May 07, 2007 6:22pm PST

DesPlaines Fire Department Dive Box Alarm Howard & Mt Prospect Roads Car Into The Lake Thru The Ice : Man Dies After Car Plunges Into Pond
Passerby Makes Rescue Attempt
DES PLAINES (STNG) ― Despite a rescue attempt by a passerby, a man died Saturday after his car veered off the road and into a pond in northwest suburban Des Plaines. 

was pronounced dead at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village at 3:15 p.m., according to a spokesman for the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. 

About 1:30 p.m., divers were sent to Howard Street and Mount Prospect Road after reports of a car in a pond, according to a Des Plaines Fire Department dispatcher. 

Wehlus's vehicle may have been cut off by another car when he lost control and veered off the road and into the pond, Des Plaines Fire Lt. Scott Williams said. 

Another man who was driving by and saw the accident pulled over and jumped into the pond in an attempt to save Wehlus, Williams said. 

The passerby pulled Wehlus from the water, but he later died in the hospital. He may have been in cardiac arrest on the scene, Williams said. 

The passerby was taken to an area hospital as well, in an unknown condition. 

There were no other people in the car. 

Des Plaines police are investigating the cause of the accident, Williams said.

DesPlaines Fire Department Dive Box Alarm Howard & Mt Prospect Roads Car Into The Lake Thru The Ice

Man Dies After Car Plunges Into Pond Passerby Makes Rescue Attempt D ...

Updated: Dec 21, 2007 3:23pm PST

Elk Grove Township 2nd Alarm Commercial Structure Fire 2550 W. Oakton 03/01/2008 : A fire broke out at about 7 a.m. today, gutting businesses at 2501 E. Oakton in Elk Grove Township.

The blaze occurred in a 13-unit strip mall just west of Elmhurst Road on Oakton.

No injuries were reported.

Fire officials say the cause is unknown at this point but they continue to investigate.

The intense blaze essentially gutted the building and collapsed the roof.

John Riggans had planned to open a car electronics store at the center in April, but it is completely destroyed now.

"I feel really bad," he said. "I'm down to zero now. The shop was going well. Customers were coming and asking when we were going to open."

The strip mall included several restaurants, an Indian grocery store, an electronics store and a shoe repair shop.

Firefighters from Elk Grove Township, Elk Grove Village, Rosemont and Des Plaines Fire Departments responded to the blaze.

Elk Grove Township 2nd Alarm Commercial Structure Fire 2550 W. Oakton 03/01/2008

A fire broke out at about 7 a.m. today, gutting businesses at 2501 E. ...

Updated: Mar 03, 2008 2:52pm PST

Des Plaines Fire Department  LP Gas Training :

Des Plaines Fire Department LP Gas Training

Updated: May 13, 2008 5:31pm PST