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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.
The explosion took place last Friday around 4 p.m. as authorities were responding to reports of a truck fire in Arlington Heights, about 25 miles northwest of downtown Chicago Arlington Heights ...
Sometime after 7:00 a.m., emergency crews were alerted to a fire at the plant. Explosions caused by the fire reportedly sounded like "fireworks". [4] According to Rockton Fire Department Chief Kirk Wilson, 70 people were evacuated from the plant; however, a statement by Lubrizol said the number was closer to 50.
Carlyle Lake is a 25,000-acre (101.2 km 2) reservoir largely located in Clinton County, Illinois, United States, with smaller portions of the lake within Bond and Fayette counties. It is the largest man-made lake in Illinois, and the largest lake wholly contained within the state.
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The videos fill in some key information about the incident but do not show why police opened fire. Police release body camera video capturing Illinois police shooting man inside his home Skip to ...
Extreme fire behavior, including "short and long-range spotting," continues to challenge firefighting efforts, Cal Fire said in an incident update Wednesday. The fire was listed as "0%" contained.
Lake Calumet is a unit of the Illinois International Port District (IIPD), a municipal corporation created in 1951 whose purpose is to redevelop the lake as a multi-purpose and multimodal transport complex. [4] The 36-hole Harborside International Golf Center was developed at the north end of the lake in 1995.