Thursday, May 2, 2013
Investigators were at 3217 Carrington Drive on the east side of Crystal Lake on Thursday trying to determine the cause of the house fire, which spread to four other nearby homes.
Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department has released the status of the five homes involved in the Wednesday afternoon fires on Carrington Drive. The house located at 3217 Carrington Dr., where the fire originally started at about 3:30 p.m. May 1, was characterized as a "total loss," Battalion Chief Jerry Larsen said. The house burned to the ground, and only the home's front brick facade and chimney remained standing. Authorities believe the high winds may have blown embers from 3217 Carrington to houses directly across the street, where four other houses caught fire as well. The two-story residence at 3222 Carrington Dr. sustained the worst of the damage for the neighboring houses. Fire ate through the cedar shake roofing and extended to the …
Friday, January 11, 2013
The fire broke out in a detached garage at 291 McHenry Avenue, at the corner of Union Street, at about 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10.
One person suffered minor injuries Thursday afternoon when a detached garage located on McHenry Avenue in Crystal Lake was destroyed by fire. The blaze started at about 3 p.m. Jan. 10, at a stand-alone residential garage at 291 McHenry Avenue, corner of Union Street, according to Crystal Lake Fire Battalion Chief Christopher Olsen. The Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department was called to the scene at 3:02 p.m. and first crews were on site in less than three minutes, Olsen said. Upon their arrival, rescuers found the garage fully engulfed in flames. Once determining no one was inside the structure, fire crews worked to extinguish the flames. The fire was under control within 19 minutes, Olsen said, and reported as struck out by 3:28 p.m. The…
Friday, June 15, 2012
A Crystal Lake family is safe after a fire started at their Autumcrest home; however, two responding firefighters were sent to a local hospital for heat -related issues.
A Crystal Lake family is safe after a fire ignited on the exterior of their house Friday afternoon at 1587 Autumncrest Drive. However, two Crystal Lake firefighters were transported from the scene to Woodstock Hospital for observation due to heat-related issues, Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Robert Kohley said. The firefighters sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The house is located on the south side of town, just northwest of Miller and Golf Course roads. Neighbors who gathered in a nearby driveway reported seeing smoke billowing from the two-story house at about 5:45 p.m. The fire was struck at 7:20 p.m. Kohley said an initial investigation shows the fire likely started on the home’s exterior and spread to the garage and…
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Crystal Lake police and firefighters rescued 26 residents during the March 15 blaze at the condominium building.
When Crystal Lake police and firefighters arrived at the Virginia Road condominium complex on March 15, the scene was similar to something depicted in a movie or television show. Around midnight, a fire was quickly spreading through the three-story building at 627 Virginia St., located about one-quarter mile south of Route 14. Residents were trapped on their balconies, calling down to the firefighters for help. “Police officers began pounding on doors,” Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Chief James Moore said. “Three officers caught infants thrown from the second-floor balconies in their arms.” Emergency responders also knew from a 911 call that one woman and her mother were trapped in their second-story bedroom by the flames and smoke. …
Monday, July 25, 2011
Crystal Lake Police and Fire/Rescue worked with Public Works and ComEd to clear roadways and restore power to the city.
Approximately 11,000 ComEd customers in Crystal Lake lost power after a wind shear blasted through the city on July 11, uprooting trees and downing power lines, police said. Five days later power had been restored to all customers, while cleanup from the storm’s devastating effects continues weeks later. The city continues to be pummeled with unusually severe thunderstorms causing further damage and power outages. According to the National Weather Service, a derecho — a powerful windstorm moving in one direction — swept across not only the Central Plains and Midwest but persisted to the Eastern coastline. Crystal Lake police updated the community with daily releases informing the public of the number of ComEd consumers without power, the…
John Walsh
10:57 pm on Wednesday, June 13, 2012
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