Crews were dispatched to a reported garage fire, Engine 12 pulled up and reported a frame dwelling with an attached garage on fire. Multiple lines were pulled and interior operations were halted due to the extreme fire conditions. The homeowner escaped with minor injuries. Arson investigators were called to the scene.
World renowned tattoo artist Roy Cooper credited with tattoos on people like Cher and Lenny Kravitz lost his shop (Badlands) on Wednesday. Fortunately exotic animals like tigers, alligators, and multiple snakes were housed across the street.
Crews were dispatched at approximately 6am for a reported house fire, 1st companies reported a fully involved vacant house with fire through the roof. Multiple lines were pulled and an aggressive attack was made. The fire was brought under control within an hour and nobody was hurt
Words really can't describe the accident except a child wandered off and ventured into the wrong place. I hope that at least now someone will put a fence up to separate the trailer park from the tracks. It is sad a life had to be lost especially a 2 year old to get a point across.
Two rounds of storms slammed Lake County Indiana late Monday night into Tuesday morning. Noaa confirmed 3 tornadoes in the Illinois Indiana area that night. Griffith Indiana suffered the most damage from these storms. Also effected were Lake Ridge, Munster, Gary, Highland, Hobart, and Lake Station. Minor injuries were reported in the Lake County area.
Crews were dispatched to a report of a vacant house fire in the 1200 block of Fayette. On arrival the front door was found open and fire was visible blowing through a bedroom window. Multiple lines were pulled and firefighters made an interior/exterior attack. The fire was brought under control within an hour. One firefighter suffered minor injuries at the scene.
Crews were dispatched at 9:23pm for a report of a structure fire. On arrival smoke was reported and fire in the rear. After making an exterior knock crews advanced inside to finish the job. Nobody was hurt at the fire scene and investigators were working on cause and origin.
At approximately 12:30am GFD was dispatched to a reported still alarm next to 4425 Vermont Ct. On arrival Battalion 10 advised a working fire in a 25x40 1.5 story brick house. An aggressive attack was made and two lines were stretched. Nobody was hurt at the fire scene
Police arrived on scene to report smoke showing, station 2 was dispatched immediately. Firefighters pulled a line and made a quick knock once on scene. Nobody was injured at the fire
Crews arrived on scene of a 300 by 1,000 brick warehouse and found heavy smoke from the roof, along with heavy fire was hazardous materials which called for an initial exterior attack. Crews remained on scene for 4 hours hitting hot spots.
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