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A nurse assistant pulled a 62-year-old man from a burning apartment Tuesday night in Hoffman Estates . He's being treated in the burn unit at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood. rescue personnel responded to a fire at Barrington Lakes Apartments in Hoffman Estates Tuesday night . Here, evacuated residents walk the grounds with a pet." width="600" class="lazyImg" />   Fire and rescue personnel responded to a fire at Barrington Lakes Apartments in Hoffman Estates Tuesday night . Here, evacuated residents walk the grounds with a pet. - Patrick Kunzer | Staff Photographer Malgorzata Rostecka, who lives near the apartments in the 2000 block of Hassell Road where the fire occurred, said she and her 8-year-old daughter were out for a walk when they smelled smoke. She sent her daughter to call 911 and saw beyond an open door a man leaning against a wall in his burning apartment . She told the man to leave t...

A fire broke out at a west Edmonton apartment complex Thursday morning in the Callingwood area, where crews arrived  to find some residents on their balconies. Edmonton Fire Rescue said 40 firefighters were called to the Westridge Estates B apartment complex at 7611-172 St. just after 8 a.m. and arrived on scene within five minutes.The fire began in a third floor suite and quickly spread. Flames could be seen shooting from the roof of the four- storey apartment building , which is owned by Boardwalk rentals.Third-floor- resident Kerry Upright said she woke up to fire alarms going off.“I heard screaming outside on the balcony,” she told Global News .“I went to the balcony and seen a guy almost jump off the balcony.” Story continues below She said she also saw smoke coming from his suite. She quickly gathered her things and left the building through a smoke-filled hallway. “It was pitch black and it was covered in smoke.” Watch below: We’re learning more about the measures people to...

An apartment fire that claimed a woman’s life on Columbus’ north side started from discarded smoking materials or falling asleep while smoking in bed. The victim of the 2:47 p.m. Monday fire at the Canterbury House Apartments , west of Candlelight Village, has been identified as 59-year-old Deborah Volland. Volland, whose body was found in the hallway of her apartment at 3540 Nicholas Lane, likely died of smoke inhalation , Bartholomew County Coroner Clayton Nolting said. However, the cause and manner of death will not be finalized until the investigation, including toxicology, is complete, Nolting said. Columbus firefighters found her in the apartment and brought her outside before emergency medical technicians attempted resuscitation , Columbus Fire Investigator Matt Noblitt said. When firefighters arrived , they heard multiple smoke detectors had activated and were told by neighbors that the apartment’s sole occupant had limited mobility, Noblitt said. Smoke damage was substan...

Dallas Fire-Rescue firefighters have contained a 3-alarm fire at an apartment building in Uptown Dallas. The fire started at about 11:30 Wednesday morning on the 3200 block of Hall Street. Crews said they could see smoke and fire coming from a third-floor balcony when they arrived. Once they extinguished the blaze, they found a dog inside the building. Paramedics attempted to save the dog with oxygen, but were unsuccessful and the dog died. No other injuries were reported. The fire caused damage to two different units, but at least 10 additional units sustained water and/or smoke damage. An unknown number of residents are displaced due to the damages. The American Red Cross was notified to assist them. Fire officials determined the fire was accidental. It was caused from an improperly discarded a cigarette. Published at 12:16 PM CDT on Aug 9, 2017 | Updated at 2:48 PM CDT on Aug 9, 2017

A U.S. Navy jet crashed into an apartment complex in Virginia Beach , Virginia, on Friday afternoon . CNN reports that the plane -- an F/A-18D assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106 -- slammed into the Mayfair Mews Apartment complex , setting several apartments on fire. The US Navy reported that both pilots ejected from the plane, but are being transported to the local hospital for observation. The burning fuselage of an F/A- 18 Hornet lies smoldering after crashing into a residential building in Virginia Beach , Va., Friday, April 6, 2012. (AP Photo) The video posted below appears to show the fire and smoke after the crash: [embedded content] SEE MORE VIDEOS on HuffPost here. The U.S. Navy released the following statement: VIRGINIA BEACH , Va. (NNS) -- An F/A-18D assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106 crashed in Virginia Beach , Va. April 6. Initial reports indicate that at approximately 12:05 p.m., the jet crashed just after takeoff at a location just off of the b...

Velmando Williams . (PBSO) RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) —  A man accused of setting fire to an apartment complex in Riviera Beach with children trapped inside , stabbed their mother in the head during a fight, minutes before flames ripped through the apartment, police said. The fire happened Friday night at the Stonybrook Apartment complex on Martin Luther King Jr . Boulevard in Riviera Beach. Authorities believe the fire began in the living room on two couches, likely from an accelerant. Video shared to CBS12 showed people breaking through the locked apartment door to rescue two young children trapped inside . Riviera Beach firefighters found the third child , a one-month-old girl, underneath a door. It may have saved her life, firefighters said Saturday. Velmando Williams , the father of two of the woman's children, her 3-and-1-year-old sons, is accused of setting the fire. Police wrote in the arrest report the woman, after being stabbed by Williams, ran out of the apartment ...

More chaos in Houston as floodwaters rise to roof lines More chaos in Houston as floodwaters rise to roof lines Posted: Monday, August 28 2017 3:19 AM EDT 2017-08-28 07:19:27 GMT Updated: Monday, August 28 2017 3:11 PM EDT 2017-08-28 19:11:01 GMT Before the storm that arrived Friday as a Category 4 hurricane is gone, some parts of Houston and its suburbs could get as much as 50 inches of rain.  More >> Before the storm that arrived Friday as a Category 4 hurricane is gone, some parts of Houston and its suburbs could get as much as 50 inches of rain.  More >> Body of missing pregnant woman found wrapped in plastic Body of missing pregnant woman found wrapped in plastic Posted: Monday, August 28 2017 6:24 AM EDT 2017-08-28 10:24:38 GMT Updated: Monday, August 28 2017 7:32 AM EDT 2017-08-28 11:32:10 GMT The woman went missing inside her own apartment building, more than a week before her body was found. More >> The woman went missing inside her own apartment building, ...

SUNRISE, Fla. - Sunrise detectives were investigating a Friday night shooting that left one man wounded.  Police officers responded to a two- story apartment building at 2119 NW 64 Ave., near the First Baptist Church.  Fire Rescue found a man with a gunshot wound on the ground and took him to Broward General Hospital . Detectives were asking anyone with information to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477. Copyright 2017 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

Article Comments Officials say 47 people have been displaced after a fire at a southwest Florida apartment complex left one building uninhabitable. The Naples Daily News reports that North Collier Fire Rescue crews responded to Bear Creek Apartments on Monday. They found a fire burning through four third-floor apartments. A few firefighters suffered minor injuries while bringing the blaze under control. The Red Cross met with residents at the apartment complex clubhouse to discuss temporary housing . Copyright 2017 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Get Insurance Journal Every Day Advertisers Add a Comment

WOODBRIDGE, VA (WUSA9) - A man died after an apartment fire in Woodbridge, Virginia late Monday night , police said.  Around 11:35 p.m., officers responded to an apartment in the 3500 block of Sherbrooke Circle to assist the Department of Fire and Rescue with an apartment fire.  Upon searching the apartment, fire crews found an unconscious man. He was pronounced dead at the scene.  The victim will be transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office for further examination and identification. The identity of the deceased will be released once confirmed and next of kin is notified. More information will be released when available. The investigation continues.   © 2017 WUSA-TV

The only remains of the birth of "Baby Willow" were washed away from an apartment complex parking lot Tuesday morning as distraught neighbors looked on. A day earlier Orlando police responded around 3 p.m. to Willow Bend Apartments after someone reported seeing a possible placenta in the parking lot. Homicide and crime- scene investigators determined "that a full term baby had been born and discarded," police said. Officers found the mother, 30-year-old Susan Richardson, on Monday but no baby. She only admitted to giving birth to the girl, according to police. Richardson was taken to the Orange County Jail on an aggravated child neglect charge Tuesday afternoon , police say. Police conducted an extensive search of the complex in the 4700 block of Silver Star Road near Evans High School — including inside Dumpsters and trash cans — with cadaver dogs and 14 trained searchers from the nonprofit support group Search and Rescue of Central Florida but came up emp...

MURRIETA, CA — A Temecula woman was arrested Tuesday night for suspicion of driving under the influence after reportedly plowing into a Murrieta apartment complex and creating havoc for the building's residents, according to police. The Murrieta Police Department was called at 8:49 p.m. to the report of a vehicle that crashed into the housing unit near Murrieta Hot Springs Road and Calle Del Lago . Responding officers, along with crews from Murrieta Fire and Rescue, found the woman trapped inside her white, four-door vehicle that was three feet off the ground and wedged into the corner of the building, police said. The driver, Nichole Winters, 41 of Temecula, was extricated from the sedan and determined by officers to be under the influence of alcohol, the agency said. Winters was transported to a local hospital for minor injuries and booked into the Cois Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta for suspicion of driving under the influence. Damage to the apartment required the elect...

'); } else { $(".fotorama-caption").addClass("remove_caption"); } }) .fotorama(); Today is the 237th day of 2017. There are 128 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT 2000: The Zimbabwe Government names another 509 white-owned farms it plans to confiscate for redistribution to landless blacks, bringing to 1,542 the number it has targeted under a hastened land seizure programme . OTHER EVENTS 1580: Spain invades Portugal and, in a matter of weeks, conquers it and keeps it for more than 80 years. 1718: Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana with some settling in present-day New Orleans. 1825: Uruguay declares independence from Brazil. 1860: British and French troops take Tianjin in war with China. 1875: Matthew Webb, British professional swimmer , becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, travelling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours. 1883: France obtains protectorate over Annam and Tonkin in Indochina. 19...