Severe Thunderstorm Causes Some Tree and Power Line Damage
High winds during a thunderstorm caused some damage to trees and power lines as a severe thunderstorm passed through Arlington Heights beginning just before 10:15 p.m. Thursday. A large tree was...
View ArticleTrees and Branches Down, Power Line Trouble in High Winds
Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded to reports of trees and branches down during high winds Tuesday afternoon. A a major part of a tree fell at the intersection of Waterman...
View ArticleLarge Power Outage North Arlington Heights
Arlington Heights police and firefighters responded about noon Sunday to a report of downed power lines along Arlington Heights Road just north of Hintz Road. Firefighters discovered two downed...
View ArticleStorm Reports: Local Reports and National Weather Service Reports
Local storm damage reports and major reports in the immediate region. 655 AM Park North of Camp McDonald Prospect Heights … line down — power outage in the area 717 AM Railroad gate malfunction and...
View ArticlePower Outage: Lines Sparking, Arcing in Trees & Grass Behind Walmart, Near...
Mount Prospect police and firefighters responded about 9:40 p.m. Wednesday to a report of sparking and arcing power lines in the area of 900 Centennial. Neighbors from a wide area came out to see the...
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Record 868,000 Homes & Businesses with Power Outages Due to Severe...
Scenes from the aftermath of a Derecho thunderstorm that hit Arlington Heights with sustained 60 mph plus winds, and damaged mostly west and north neighborhoods of Arlington Heights. A record 868,000...
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Grass Fire, Snapped Utility Poles As Semi-Trailer Truck Hits Power Lines on...
A semi-trailer truck hit sagging power lines on Hicks Road north of Kirchoff Road and pulled down many lines and snapped four utility poles Wednesday night (See 40 photos on...
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Hicks and Kirchoff Barricades: Hicks Rd Still Closed Between Kirchoff Rd and...
A semi-trailer truck hit sagging power lines on Hicks Road north of Kirchoff Road and pulled down many lines and snapped four utility poles Wednesday night … See 40 photos on...
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Power Failure in Palatine After Garbage Truck Hits Power Lines on Colfax Street
Palatine police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 6:10 AM Wednesday to a report of a power line hit by a truck in the 500 block of West Colfax Street. Police and firefighter/paramedics...
View ArticlePower Outage “Transformer Hit” Power Lines Down Near Roosevelt and Central...
Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 11:28 PM Tuesday to a report of a transformer hit by lightning with arcing and flames in the block of 900 South Roosevelt Avenue...
View ArticlePower Outage Near Arlington International Racecourse and Near Fremd High...
Palatine police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 9:24 AM Thursday to Harvard Drive and Illinois Avenue Palatine, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that an electrical box...
View ArticlePower Lines, Trees/Branches Down: Storm Report from Severe Thunderstorm on...
51 Arlington Heights Transformer on fire at Arlington Heights Road and Old Arlington Heights Road. 400 block South Harvard power line down. 400 block South Highland power arcing and sparking. Power...
View ArticlePower Lines Down on Linneman Rd, Mt. Prospect: Burning a Couple of Mail Boxes
29 Mount Prospect police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 6:05 p.m. Monday to a report of power lines down, arcing and sparking, with mail boxes burning in the 1200 block of Linneman Road....
View ArticleSevere Thunderstorm Causes Some Tree and Power Line Damage
60 High winds during a thunderstorm caused some damage to trees and power lines as a severe thunderstorm passed through Arlington Heights beginning just before 10:15 p.m. Thursday. A large tree was...
View ArticleSemi-Trailer Truck Strikes Overhead Lines Near LA Fitness, Mount Prospect Plaza
63 Mount Prospect police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 10:42 AM Tuesday July 17, 2018 to a report of a semi-trailer truck striking and bringing down overhead power and/or data lines near...
View ArticleStorm Damage Report for Northwest Suburbs, North Suburbs on Tuesday Night...
94 Severe Thunderstorms have begun to diminish as the thunderstorm cells decrease in intensity and pass to the east for the remainder of Tuesday night. The following are a sample of storm-related...
View ArticlePower Outage Cancels Village Board Meeting, Disrupts Power to Over 1250 ComEd...
47 Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 4:51 PM Monday October 15, 2018 to a report of a utility pole transformer that was sparking and arcing at Sigwalt Street and...
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