Landscapers spot house fire, alert residents who escaped without injury in Highland Park


by Lake and McHenry County Scanner

Lake and McHenry County Scanner— Landscapers who noticed smoke coming from a house on fire in Highland Park reported the fire, allowing the residents who were inside to escape without injury. The Highland Park Fire Department responded around 10:15 a.m. Monday to the 2600 block of Summit Avenue for a report of a structure fire. Highland Park Fire Chief Joe […]

Los Angeles Times—Fire scorches Huntington Park fire station, but no injuries are reported. Fervent honking began just before 4 a.m. from drivers passing along Santa Fe Avenue in Huntington Park who witnessed one of the city's two fire stations burning. Neighbors living nearby banged on the door of the two-story office and dormitory as the adjacent garage was engulfed in flames. They were trying to alert sleeping firefighters to a blaze in their own building. Eventually, crews from Huntington Park's Fire Station No. 164 descended from their second-story living quarters, some in shorts,...

KOBI-TV NBC5—Firefighters rescue two Coos Bay residents from house fire. COOS BAY, Ore. – Two Coos Bay residents are safe after their house, located on 9th Avenue caught fire early Thursday morning. According to the Coos Bay Fire Department, dispatch received a call just before 1 a.m. from a neighbor who had heard someone yelling that their house was on fire. Upon arrival, firefighters found […]

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