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At around 9 am on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, the Carus Chemical plant in La Salle, Illinois, was involved in a major fire. [3][4] The plant, which is located about 90 miles (140 km) from Chicago and 80 miles (130 km) from the Quad Cities and was used for manufacturing water treatment products, caught fire. [5][6] Residents in communities near ...
1908 – Rhoads Opera House fire, Boyertown, Pennsylvania, killed 170. [6] 1908 – Parker Building, New York City, January 10. 1908 – Collinwood school fire, in Collinwood, Ohio (soon absorbed by Cleveland), on March 4, killed 175. 1909 – Flores Theater fire, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, on February 15, killed 250.
2021 Rockton fire. On June 14, 2021, a maintenance accident at the Chemtool Incorporated manufacturing plant in Rockton, Illinois, United States, triggered a chemical fire that lasted four days and injured two emergency workers. [1][2] Portions of the village, located north of Rockford near the Illinois - Wisconsin state line, were subject to a ...
The fires were reported between 7:32 and 10:56 a.m. in the area of North 49th Street and West Lisbon Avenue on the city's west side and about 3 miles east at North Ninth and West Center streets.
Firefighters faced the Bridge Fire as the Line and Airport fires have set a total of 62,323 acres ablaze. The Line fire , which started on Sept. 5, is 38,804 acres and is 42% contained.
Perpetrator. Gary Montez Martin. On February 15, 2019, a mass shooting took place at Henry Pratt Company in Aurora, Illinois, United States. Six people died, including the perpetrator, 45-year-old former employee Gary Montez Martin, who was shot and killed by responding police officers. Six others were injured, including five police officers.
This record was broken in the 2019/2020 Black Summer. Black Friday bushfires of 1939 (Victoria) with 2 million hectares burnt. Black Sunday bushfires of 1955 (South Australia) 1961 Western Australian bushfires with 1,800,000 hectares burnt. Black Tuesday bushfires of 1967 (Tasmania) with 260,000 hectares burnt.
Charges. First-degree murder (5 counts) Arson (2 counts) Aggravated arson. On April 6, 2019, nine-year-old Kyle Alwood allegedly killed five family members by starting a fire in a mobile home in Goodfield, Illinois. [1][2] The nine-year-old boy was charged with the deaths on October 8. [3]