A sad day for Des Plaines : Four children, one adult killed in fire Yein Espinosa, 17, who identified himself as the uncle of four girls killed in a fire at their Des Plaines home Wednesday, hugs another family member at the scene. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer A home on the 700 block of West Oakton Street in Des Plaines was boarded up late Wednesday afternoon, hours after four young sisters and a woman were killed in a fire there. The cause of the blaze remains under investigation. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer A fire on the 700 block of West Oakton Street in Des Plaines claimed the lives of four young children and a woman. Officials said all of the victims are family members.
Tragedy struck on Wednesday morning after officials say a fire broke out inside an Illinois home, ultimately killing a 25-year-old mother and her four young daughters.
The Des Plaines Fire Department confirmed the tragic incident in a press release on Wednesday, calling the fire truly heartbreaking after it killed the mom and her daughters, who were 6, 5, 3 and 1. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
Following You ll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. In my 30+ years of fire service, this is the most difficult scene I ve responded to, Fire Chief Daniel Anderson said in a statement. Any loss is tragic, but losing four young children is truly heartbreaking for our department and the entire community.
Northwest suburban mayors look back on 2020
Arlington Heights Village President Tom Hayes Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
Updated 12/31/2020 2:55 PM
Not much seemed business as usual in 2020, but one thing that hasn t changed is our annual tradition of reaching out to Northwest suburban mayors and village presidents to ask them what their community accomplished in the year gone by and something they hope to accomplish in the year ahead. Today, we share the accomplishments of a challenging 2020. On Friday, we ll share the mayors hopes for 2021.
Arlington Heights
Tom Hayes
Although 2020 has been difficult for us all, I could not be more proud of the way our community has banded together to meet the pandemic and social unrest challenges we faced in the last year. Beginning with our essential workers, especially our health care providers and first responders, all within the City of Good Neighbors have done their part with hard work, perseverance, and re