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Freshman Charged with Detonating Chemical Device at Lockport High School
(WGN-AM) - A Lockport Township High School freshman told police the "chemical device" that exploded in a school hallway on Monday was a prank and he hadn't meant to hurt anyone. Will County prosecutors charged the 15-year-old boy in connection with the...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Teen-agers, Prosecution, Lawyers, Crimes
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3 Buildings Burn in Humboldt Park, 1 Collapses
(WGN-AM)- Firefighters Tuesday morning extinguished an extra-alarm fire that destroyed or heavily damaged three adjacent apartment buildings in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. The fire followed what area residents described as a loud explosion.
The 2-...Tags: Chicago Fire Department, Humboldt Park, Disasters and Accidents, Hospitals and Clinics, Fires
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Possible Connections In Suburban Bomb Incidents
(WGN-AM)- Police say there may be a link between several so-called "MacGyver" bomb incidents in Elgin and the St. Charles area that have led to charges against four men for possession of an explosive device. The four were arrested by Elgin police after...Tags: Bombings, Guerrilla Activity, St. Charles (Kane, Illinois), Vehicles, Emergency Incidents
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No Bomb In Suspicious Package Found Near Oprah Studio
(WGN-AM)- Chicago police determined that an explosive device was not involved in the discovery of a suspicious backpack this morning outside Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Studios on the Near West Side. Police would not say what was inside the backpack, but...Tags: Oprah Winfrey, Near West Side, Emergency Incidents, Chicago Tribune
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Restaurant Cited In Explosion
(WGN-AM)- The Chicago Fire Department cited a downtown Chicago Riverwalk outdoor cafe with several fire code violations after a propane gas explosion there landed four people in the hospital. Witnesses called one of the injured a hero, but a Fire...Tags: Chicago Fire Department, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Sports, Dining and Drinking, Disasters
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Two Seriously Hurt In Reported Explosion At West Side Building
(WGN-AM)- Two people were injured--but not as seriously as originally thought--in a "massive explosion" that tore through a commercial biodiesel and vegetable oil plant on the West Side, authorities said.
The two victims, a truck driver and a plant...Tags: Crimes, Hazardous Materials, Humboldt Park, Crime, Law and Justice, Health and Safety at Work
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Two Illinois National Guard Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
(WGN-AM) - The Illinois Army National Guard on Saturday said two state soldiers, including one based out of Aurora, have died in Afghanistan after their vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device in Kandahar. Guard officials say 26-year-old Staff...Tags: Aurora, Army National Guard, Illinois, Afghanistan, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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House Explodes In Romeoville
(WGN-AM)- Firefighters were responding to a house explosion in the 400 block of Holden Avenue in Romeoville at about 10 a.m., injuring at least one person, officials said.
At least one person was taken to the hospital, officials said. Neighbors said a...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Emergency Incidents, Nicor Incorporated, Chicago Tribune, Health
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Two Boys Charged For Making "MacGyver Bombs"
(WGN-AM)- Two 14-year-old Aurora boys who said they learned how to make so-called "MacGyver bombs" on the Internet were arrested after they blew up five of the explosive devices in an Aurora park on Tuesday, police said. The boys, who each have been...Tags: Fires, Emergency Incidents, Chicago Tribune, Disasters and Accidents
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Man Injured in Building Explosion
(WGN-AM) - Investigators say an explosion at a dental laboratory rocked a strip mall on Chicago's northwest side, sending one person to the hospital and forcing the temporary closing of a major street. Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford...Tags: Fires, Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago Fire Department, Emergency Incidents, Austin (Chicago, Illinois)
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Body found in Leithsville fire station after dump truck crash and massive fire
At least one person was killed Thursday afternoon when a dump truck crashed into the Leithsville Volunteer Fire Company in Lower Saucon Township and burst into flames, destroying the building and three firetrucks inside, authorities said. The dump...
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Crystals can help predict volcano eruptions, scientists say
Scientists dissecting the remains of the disastrous 1980 explosion of Mt. St. Helens in Washington state say that crystal formations trapped in volcanic rocks hold important clues about when a magma-loaded mountain is about to blow — a discovery...
Tags: Landforms, Natural Disasters, Science and Technology, University of Washington, Emergency Incidents
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