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Northwest Suburbs of Chicago
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WEATHER ALERT: #NorthwestSuburbs - Tornado/severe weather (?) sirens heard from Elk Grove Village at about 6:30 tonight after a Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for Northwest Cook and northern Kane and DuPage counties til 7:15.
FIRE ALERT: #Glenview - Confirmed fire in home on 1400 block of Crown Drive, in area of East Lake and Pfingsten...smoke showing...
CRASH ALERT: #Wilmette - Metra commuter train vs. semi-truck reported at Green Bay Road and Linden...driver is out...train traffic halted, three extra ambulances requested at scene.
FIRE ALERT: #Rosemont - Report of fully-involved car fire in rear of apartments on 10000 block of Devon...fire out at 1:52 p.m...
CRASH ALERT: #Rosemont - Van vs. semi-truck reported on eastbound I-90 near mile marker 77 (between Higgins and Mannheim)...said to be in middle lanes...major front-end damage from van rear-ending semi-truck...pin-in response.
FIRE ALERT: #MortonGrove - Structure fire reported on 6400 block of Hoffman Terrace...smoke and fire showing from possible lightning strike...area towns responding.
CRASH ALERT: #Rosemont - Auto accident w/airbags deployed at Mannheim Road and Lunt Avenue...3 individuals evaluated...
CRASH ALERT: #ParkRidge - Two-vehicle accident w/possible injuries reported at Devon and Cumberland avenues...moderate damage...two transports to Lutheran General...
FIRE ALERT: #MaineTownship - Structure fire response reported on 9100 block of Lincoln...Cook County Sheriff's Police requested to shut down Church Street at Greenwood...partially extinguished at 1:24 p.m...#NorthMaine
CRASH ALERT: #DesPlaines - Auto accident on eastbound I-90 just east of Wolf Road...three ambulances requested...left-hand lanes
CRASH ALERT: #DesPlaines - Two-vehicle accident with moderate damage reported at River and Central roads...head-on collision with patient transported to Lutheran General...
FIRE ALERT: #Niles - Confirmed structure fire reported at 7000 W. Dobson Street...two lines with water on fire as of 11:05 a.m...
CRASH ALERT: #MaineTownship - T-bone crash reported at Church and Western...moderate damage...#NorthMaine
EMS ALERT: #Niles - Report of someone possibly struck by a snow plow in the parking lot at 6250 W. Touhy...
CRASH ALERT: #Skokie - Person possibly struck by CTA train at Niles Center Road and Yellow Line...power to tracks has been cut. Two ambulances...
CRASH ALERT: #Bensenville - Three-car crash with heavy damage reported at Route 83 and Bryn Mawr Avenue...emergency responders shutting down northbound Route 83.
FIRE ALERT: #Mettawa - Confirmed brush fire reported at 25779 N. St. Mary's Rd...in area south of Route 60 and west of I-94...multiple area departments responding.
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FIRE ALERT: #DesPlaines - Fire in apartment at 742 W. Algonquin Road...contained to cabinet in kitchen...additional responses from outside departments called off.