Lives Of 4 Employees Killed In Chemical Plant Explosion Remembered At Waukegan Memorial
The lives of four men killed a week ago in a deadly chemical plant explosion were honored Friday morning.
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The lives of four men killed a week ago in a deadly chemical plant explosion were honored Friday morning.
The fourth victim in the explosion that destroyed the AB Specialty Silicones plant in Waukegan last Friday has been identified by the company as 24-year-old Daniel Nicklas of Beach Park, Illinois.
Lake County authorities have identified two more victims of last weekend's deadly explosion at a chemical plant in Waukegan.
The search continues for one man still missing after a deadly explosion at the AB Specialty Silicones plant in Waukegan this weekend.
A home in the Burnside neighborhood caught fire Wednesday morning, after an explosion in a slag pit at the nearby Finkl Steel plant sent flaming debris flying into the air.
Two people were seriously injured in a furnace explosion at a metal smelting and refining facility Wednesday afternoon in the Goose Island neighborhood.
Two men are recovering after surviving an explosion at a high school near Indianapolis.
Police have not said whether he was the same person responsible for a similar fireworks explosion at Morgan Park High School on Tuesday November 13.
Fire officials said the worker was using a blowtorch to open a sludge tank at the water reclamation plant Thursday when something sparked an enormous tank of methane gas.
Crews using a blowtorch in a building that had filled with methane gas set off an explosion at a Far South Side water treatment plant on Thursday, bringing the roof down, trapping two workers and injuring a total of 10, according to Fire Department officials.
Two were trapped, forcing rescuers to search the rubble.
Three people were trapped after an explosion and collapse at a water treatment facility on the Far South Side.
The state fire marshal is investigating the cause of the explosion.
A 67-year old man died and his body was recovered Saturday morning.
Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said the pipe was installed in 1932 and officials are now concerned about the possible presence of asbestos.
A firefighter was killed and at least a dozen other people were injured when a natural gas explosion leveled at least two buildings in a Wisconsin community, authorities said Wednesday.
For the seventh time in eight days, an explosion at the Kilauea summit on Hawaii's Big Island erupted Thursday morning with a force equivalent to an earthquake of magnitude 5.3 or higher, according to the US Geological Survey.
Someone poured a flammable material on a small bonfire in the 1800 block of Marci Court, while several people were standing around the fire pit.
Federal investigators say the engine blade that broke off and triggered a deadly accident on Flight 1380 Tuesday had microscopic cracks.
Chicago Police have increased patrols around major transit hubs in the city following an explosion Monday morning near Times Square in New York City.
A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that a man had a pipe bomb strapped to him when it went off on a New York City subway platform.
Crews are working in the southwest suburbs to flush the sanitary sewer system where gasoline spilled Friday, causing several explosions.
In Westmont, there were nearly a dozen small fires and over 100 reports of gasoline odors caused by a leak into the sewer system.
The Interstate was shut down for hours while state police investigated.
