Typically, a garbage truck driver will compress the truck's load if fire is seen, starving the flames of oxygen and often ...

Arlington Heights Fire Department officials believe the Dec. 6 garbage truck fire and explosion that injured three first ...

The Arlington Heights, Illinois Fire Department on Tuesday released its final report on a garbage truck explosion that ...

Officials in Arlington Heights have found a cause for a garbage truck explosion that injured three first responders in ...

6 shook homes and scattered debris. Two police officers and a firefighter who were responding to the fire were injured. The garbage truck involved operated on natural gas, rather than diesel.

Despite the efforts of firefighters, who had to battle significant ... which then led to an explosion in the back of a Groot garbage truck. The Village of Skokie advanced a measure to address ...

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Weather conditions influence the size, intensity and speed of bushfires – and how dangerous they can be. We issue fire weather warnings when conditions are likely to be dangerous, to help keep ...

The postseason for high school basketball is upon us. Here is a look at the area action from Friday and Saturday as girls' ...

fire weather warnings, when forecast conditions are likely to be dangerous fire danger ratings, in consultation with fire agencies fire danger products, such as detailed forecasts and outlooks for ...

"Presented with a complex fire in a historically significant building, formerly Manchester Square Fire Station, firefighters successfully contained the fire, preventing it from spreading to ...