As part of national Fire Prevention Week, the Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board is teaming up with fire departments in the greater Chicago region to conduct live burn demonstrations at their open house events.
No prior mountain biking trail, rogue or otherwise, existed in the Paul Douglas Preserve before construction began. Volunteers began trail construction at Paul Douglas in July 2021, using common garden tools: Loppers, rakes, pole trimmers and shovels.
A man in his 60s had to be treated for smoke inhalation but was otherwise uninjured by a fire Monday afternoon at a townhouse building on the 300 block of Cedar Tree Court in Hoffman Estates.