DeKALB The Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal is encouraging residents to keep fire safety in mind when putting up Halloween and fall decorations, according to a Friday news release. Decorations are the first thing to catch fire in about 800 reported house fires every year, according to the National Fire Protection Association..
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By Julia Bertino
Mar 9, 2021
(Rock Falls, IL) A woman killed in a Friday night Rock Falls apartment fire is being identified.
Rock Falls Police say 59 year old Eunice Karr was killed in the fire at Civic Plaza I. Crews responded to a report of a fire around 9:45 Friday night in the 1100 block of 5th Avenue. The nine-story apartment building is occupied by more than 100 residents who have been displaced due to the fire. Most of them are elderly and handicapped residents.
An investigation for the cause of the fire is being conducted by the Illinois Fire Marshal’s office with the assistance of Rock Falls Police and Illinois State Police Crime Scene Services.
Vienna business destroyed after fire
Vienna business destroyed after fire By Noelle Williams | January 9, 2021 at 8:52 PM CST - Updated January 9 at 10:18 PM
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Last night a Heartland business went up in flames, leaving only ashes and smoke behind.
A car dealership is left in ruins, after a disastrous fire.
“We were on scene until about 2:16 this morning,” said Brent Williams.
Vienna Fire Chief Brent Williams said that at about 7:30 p.m. last night they received a call for a commercial structure fire at Bob Harper Ford Dealership in Vienna.
“We arrived with heavy smoke and fire showing throughout the building,” said Williams.
In 1912, Quincy residents were encouraged to shop at the A. Doerr department store at Sixth and Maine where, according to an ad, customers could âbuy where holiday stocks are complete; holiday gift buying easiest; holiday goods handiest to see; where the Christmas spirit of good cheer and helpfulness abounds from basement to roof.â
In contrast to today, where holiday shopping hours are longer, Quincy merchants in 1912 agreed to limit evening hours to the last five nights before Christmas. This was a change from the usual evening hours. According to The Daily Herald, the merchants wanted âto encourage Christmas shopping by daylight, when customers may more easily distinguish colors and quality, and to allow clerks the entire night in which to rest for the rush and crush of the following day.â The article later states, âThe merchants seem united in the belief that greater satisfaction and much better service will result and all of them favor adhering to the ne