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Garden Hose vs Pre-Connect Line on an outdoor branch pile fire in Arlington Heights; and the winner is the Pre-Connect Line. YouTube Tips ⓘ Police, firefighters, and paramedics from Arlington H...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2024/04/call-for-help-for-tree-branch-fire-threatening-to-get-out-of-control-on-beverly-ln-arlington-heights/

Suspected DUI driver hits a tree on the wrong side of Arlington Heights Road keeps on going for another block in downtown Arlington Heights overnight Thursday/Friday April 18-19, 2024 (CARDINAL N...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2024/04/wrong-way-driver-crosses-arlington-heights-rd-at-us-14-hits-tree-continues-to-evergreen-ave-near-sigwalt-st/

Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, 2024 to a report of a fight, and police first on the scene requested paramedics respond t...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2024/04/police-paramedics-find-disgusting-scene-at-fight-call-at-metra-train-station-downtown-arlington-heights/

Rollover crash at Rand Rd (US-12 EAST) and Camp McDonald Rd Arlington Heights Sunday, March 31, 2024 (CARDINAL NEWS). YouTube Tips ⓘ Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights r...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2024/04/rollover-crash-with-injuries-at-rand-rd-and-camp-mcdonald-rd-arlington-heights/

Fire at Dryden Elementary School extinguished, a fire department, special ventilation operation, water main breaks, moderate, and flooding keep firefighters and public works employees busy Sunday...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2024/04/small-fire-at-dryden-elementary-school-arlington-heights-fire-out-smoke-vented-with-mvu-1/

Police officers from Arlington Heights responded just before 6:08 p.m. Sunday, March 17, 2024 to a report of a male adult interfering with cars in the intersection of Arlington Heights Road and T...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2024/03/man-with-joker-face-makeup-creates-a-disturbance-in-intersection-near-thomas-middle-school-arlington-heights/

Trespasser hit, killed by outbound Metra train #735 near Princeton Avenue Arlington Heights. YouTube Tips ⓘ Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 12:30 a.m....

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2024/03/metra-train-hits-kills-pedestrian-in-unauthorized-area-arlington-heights/

Accidental crash into a restaurant patio deck at Big Ange’s on Northwest Highway in Arlington Heights, Saturday, February 24, 2024 YouTube Tips ⓘ Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arli...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2024/02/big-anges-restaurant-crew-rushes-to-help-driver-after-crash-into-patio-deck/

Rollover semi-trailer truck crash on ramp from I-90 WEST to Arlington Heights Road in Arlington Heights (CARDINAL NEWS). YouTube Tips ⓘ Illinois State Police and firefighters and paramedics fro...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2024/02/one-hurt-in-rollover-semi-trailer-truck-crash-on-i-90-west-to-arlington-heights-rd/

Police officers and fire department paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 3:00 p.m. Thursday, February 8, 2024 to a report of a disturbance near Olive Mary-Stitt Elementary School, 30...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2024/02/in-their-faces-man-with-a-bullhorn-confronts-adults-children-near-olive-mary-stitt-school/

One hurt trying to save two classic cars, seven motorcycles in detached garage in Prospect Heights (CARDINAL NEWS). YouTube Tips ⓘ A fire in Prospect Heights at the border with Arlington Height...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2024/02/man-hurt-trying-to-save-2-classic-cars-7-motorcycles-in-garage-fire-in-prospect-heights-near-arlington-hts/

Police, firefighters and paramedics from Barrington responded about 7:46 a.m. Thursday, February 1, 2024 to a report that a car crash occurred on Hough Street near the Union Pacific Northwest Lin...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2024/02/metra-up-northwest-line-delays-for-a-crash-on-hough-street-reported-near-the-railroad-tracks-in-barrington/

Cars vs building crash at a currency exchange in a retail space on Wing Street Arlington Heights YouTube Tips ⓘ Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 10:51 ...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2024/01/car-crash-into-currency-exchange-on-wing-st-near-evergreen-ave-arlington-heights/

Police, firefighters, and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 8:21 a.m. Friday, January 26, 2024 to a report of a natural gas odor at the NCH Medical Group building, 1051 West Rand ...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2024/01/gas-odor-investigated-no-gas-leak-detected-at-nch-medical-group-building-on-rand-rd-arlington-heights/

Police and firefighters from Arlington Heights responded about 6:53 p.m. Monday, January 22, 2024 to a report of a crash into a wall at Culver’s, 2060 East Northwest Highway in Arlington Height...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2024/01/crash-with-injuries-arlington-heights-2/

Article will be updated at the bottom with new power-related or weather-related incidents involving fire departments in the northwest suburbs near Arlington Heights. Multiple problems and hazards...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2024/01/multiple-reports-of-lines-down-and-transformer-fires-in-northwest-suburbs/

Numerous reports of an outdoor natural gas odor were reported late Tuesday afternoon, January 2, 2023 in Cook County, Lake County and McHenry County. The first reports in Chicagoland began before...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2024/01/natural-gas-odor-from-east-central-iowa-to-northeast-illinois/

Fatal pedestrian, vehicle incident on Rand Road near Chestnut Avenue Arlington Heights, Saturday evening, December 30, 2023. YouTube Tips ⓘ A Palatine woman died early Sunday after she was stru...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2024/01/pedestrian-struck-by-vehicle-killed-on-rand-rd-near-chestnut-ave-arlington-heights/

Red light crash at Arlington Heights Road and Olive Street Arlington Heights, Saturday, December 23, 2023. YouTube Tips ⓘ Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded ab...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2023/12/red-light-crash-at-arlington-heights-rd-and-olive-st-arlington-heights/

Extra-Alarm condo fire at Mallard Cove condominiums on South Old Wilke Rd Arlington Heights, Saturday, December 23, 2023. YouTube Tips ⓘ Police from Arlington Heights, and firefighters and para...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2023/12/extra-alarm-fire-at-mallard-cove-condominiums-on-old-wilke-rd-in-arlington-heights-displaces-residents/

Drug overdose at Suburban Studios on Arlington Heights Road near Algonquin Road in Arlington Heights. YouTube Tips ⓘ The Cook County Medical Examiners Office reported overnight that a 39 year-o...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2023/12/male-dies-found-unresponsive-of-suspected-drug-overdose-at-suburban-studios-arlington-heights/

Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 11:30 a.m. Saturday, November 18, 2023 to a report of a hit-and-crash incident involving a battered victim that reported...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2023/11/hit-and-run-driver-batters-other-motorist-before-fleeing-crash-at-arlington-heights-rd-and-golf-rd/

Work van fire extinguished at Mitsuwa Marketplace on Algonquin Road near Arlington Heights Road in Arlington Heights late Monday night. YouTube Tips ⓘ Arlington Heights police and firefighter/p...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2023/11/arlington-heights-firefighters-stop-van-fire-from-spreading-to-mitsuwa-marketplace-on-algonquin-rd/

Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 2:03 p.m. Sunday, October 29, 2023 to a report of a rollover crash with injuries at Waterman Avenue and Kensington Road ...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2023/11/crash-trend-at-waterman-ave-and-kensington-rd-arlington-heights/

Lake County Sheriff’s Traffic Crash Investigators are investigating a serious late-night crash that occurred in Long Grove near Arlington Heights, Sunday, October 29, 2023. Lake County Sheriff�...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2023/10/long-grove-crash-on-schaeffer-rd-near-lake-cook-rd-injures-male-adult-driver-critically-injures-palatine-teen-male/

Following an investigation of an apartment fire on Seeger Road in Arlington Heights on Thursday evening, October 12, 2023, police investigators, fire investigators and the Illinois State Fire Mar...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2023/10/apartment-resident-charged-with-aggravated-arson-after-apartment-fire-on-seegers-rd-arlington-heights/

Apartment fire on Seegers Road just south of Golf Road in Arlington Heights. YouTube Tips ⓘ Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 4:00 p.m. Thursday, Octobe...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2023/10/apartment-fire-on-seegers-rd-with-large-flames-extinguished-quickly-in-arlington-heights/

Driver arrested after field sobriety test after a crash into a guard rail at Kirchoff Road and Wilke Road YouTube Tips ⓘ Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights and Rolling M...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2023/10/woman-arrested-after-crash-field-sobriety-test-at-kirchoff-rd-and-wilke-rd-in-arlington-heights-near-rolling-meadows/

Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 8:01 p.m. Sunday, October 1, 2023 to a report of a fire on a roof at the intersection of Dunton Avenue and Campbell Stre...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2023/10/small-fire-on-roof-of-7-story-condo-building-on-dunton-ave-arlington-heights/

Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 5:33 p.m. Tuesday, September 5, 2023 to a report of a possible psychiatric emergency in the area of Northwest Highway an...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2023/09/disturbance-at-northwest-highway-and-vail-ave-north-school-park/

Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 4:44 p.m. Saturday, August 19, 2023 to a report of an unresponsive male adult in the back of the Mobil gas station at 18...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2023/08/death-investigation-for-man-found-unresponsive-behind-mobil-gas-station-near-golf-rd-arlington-heights/

Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 11:16 a.m. Saturday, August 12, 2023 to a report of a crash with injuries on eastbound Rand Road east of Route 53 at the...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2023/08/boy-calls-9-1-1-gets-help-for-crash-victims-at-rand-rd-and-wilke-rd-east-intersection/

Pedestrian hit by hit-and-run driver at Northwest Highway and Vail Avenue Arlington Heights YouTube Tips ⓘ Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 2:00 a.m. S...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2023/08/pedestrian-seriously-injured-in-hit-and-run-on-northwest-highway-at-vail-avenue-arlington-heights/

A 74 year-old woman was pronounced dead at a house in the block of 300 West Campbell Street in Arlington Heights, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner. Initially, the cause of death was ...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2023/08/woman-age-74-dead-inside-house-on-campbell-st-near-downtown-arlington-heights/

Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 7:39 p.m. Saturday, August 5, 2023 to a report from a male caller that he shot his wife and a pet inside a house in the ...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2023/08/shots-fired-inside-house-on-campbell-st-near-downtown-arlington-heights/

The Cook County Medical Examiners Office reported Saturday, August 5, 2023 that the water recovery incident at Lake Arlington involved the death of a 51 year-old man from Wheeling, Illinois. The ...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2023/08/cook-county-medical-examiner-rules-on-death-at-lake-arlington/

The Lake Arlington parking lot was re-opened between 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Friday, August 4, 2023 after a fire department dive operation and police investigation caused the emergency closure of...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2023/08/lake-arlington-lot-path-re-opened-friday-boat-house-re-opened-saturday-after-death-investigation/

Police, firefighters, divers and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 9:22 a.m. Friday, August 4, 2023 to a report that personal belongings were found near the beach and dock by the ...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2023/08/fire-department-divers-search-and-recover-body-in-lake-arlington/

Rollover crash at Kensington Road and Waterman Avenue, Arlington Heights; and no paramedic transports — refused by crash victims. YouTube Tips ⓘ Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlin...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2023/08/rollover-crash-no-paramedic-transports-from-scene-at-kensington-rd-and-waterman-ave-arlington-heights/

Firefighters quickly extinguished a well-involved car fire in the eastbound lanes of Route 12 Wednesday afternoon, July 26, 2023. YouTube Tips ⓘ Police, firefighters and paramedics responded ab...

https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2023/07/car-fire-shuts-down-rand-road-route-12-while-fire-is-extinguished-at-rand-rd-and-palatine-rd-arlington-heights/