The Taylorville Fire Department responded to a working structure fire on Thursday afternoon. Officials say they responded in the Fairview Mobile Home Park court for a fire. One person was taken from the scene to Taylorville Memorial Hospital for minor burns. The Illinois State Fire Marshall's Office was called in due to the injury. No firefighters were injured. The trailer was engulfed in flames. It's not clear what the estimate of damage is. The Taylorville Police Department, Dunn's Ambulance, Stonington and Owaneco fire departments all responded to assist.  

Another 116 people have died in Illinois from COVID-19, but the state saw another decline in the number of daily cases Thursday, as officials announced 11 drive-thru testing sites will be open to everyone, regardless of whether they are experiencing symptoms. That's an effort to keep on top of the spread of the deadly virus as the state moves ahead in Gov. J.B. Pritzker's Phase 3 of reopening. Chicago began that phase Wednesday, with outdoor dining, barbershops and salons and other retail shops opening with strict safety guidelines. The rest of the state did so last Friday. The Illinois Public Health Department said Thursday its 11 state-run drive thru COVID-19 testing sites would be open to everyone. Previously, the sites were intended for those with symptoms, asymptomatic people who were in contact with COVID-19-infected people and essential workers and first-responders.  

A Rock Falls man is in custody, charged with arson and facing other charges in Monday's fire at Western Apartments that took the life of a woman and two little girls. Steven W. Coleman, 40, is charged with three counts of aggravated arson, punishable by 6 to 30 years in prison, and residential arson, punishable by 4 to 15 years, in the blaze that apparently was the result of a drug deal gone bad, Detective Sgt. Pat Bartel said. Coleman, who has a long history of substance abuse- and theft-related convictions in Lee and Whiteside counties, was arrested without incident at 6:40 p.m. and is being held on $1 million bond, Sterling police said in a news release. Celina Serrano, 13, and her cousin, Shayla Walker, 8, of Davenport, died at the scene. Neighbor Carrie A. (Hall) Hose, 49, also was killed.  

Police and firefighter/paramedics from Round Lake responded about 5:35 p.m. Thursday June 4, 2020 to a report of a serious crash with multiple injuries. Possibly four vehicles involved in the crash. A MABAS Division 4 Box Alarm Box #26-99 to the second level was activated at about 5:41 p.m. Lake Villa, Lake Bluff, Newport, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods firefighters responded with fire apparatus. Grayslake, Fox Lake, Wauconda, Antioch, Libertyville, and Spring Grove firefighter/paramedics responded with ambulances. The EMS Box Alarm was struck out at 5:55 p.m. and responding equipment was returned. The crash was also reported on Waze. Westbound Route 60 was backed up to Chardon Road at 5:53 p.m.  

VIDEO: A massive fire is still burning aboard a cargo ship at Blount Island while several injured firefighters were reported to be in stable condition. The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department said 9 firefighters were injured trying to contain the blaze. According to Fire Chief Keith Powers, eight firefighters were injured in an explosion, and an additional firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion. "It's a tough situation and very dangerous -- that's one of the most dangerous situations firefighters encounter is when they're in a ship fire," Powers said. This morning more firefighters were seen arriving to help, including some with maritime expertise. Crews are spraying the ship with water, not to try to extinguish the flames, but to keep the ship's exterior cool.  

A federal agency is warning consumers about a phenomenon they need to know about in the height of grilling season. Under the right conditions, the ATF says "flame jetting" could turn a backyard fire pit or BBQ grill into a flamethrower. It happens in an instant. The effort to ignite or stoke a fire pit or BBQ, creating a fireball, essentially turning portable fuel cans into a device that spews flames. It's happened at homes across the country with a tragic combination of factors triggering a terrifying and potentially deadly phenomenon. It's called flame jetting. Spotlight on America was given behind the scenes access to see how it happens, inside one of the burn rooms at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Fire Research Lab in Maryland. ATF began studying flame jetting just 10 years ago, after the death of a six-year-old girl in Michigan.  

VIDEO: A new video shows the moment two alleged arsonists turned Sunday's peaceful protest through the streets of Long Beach into a devastating inferno. The video shows the men toss two beer bottles allegedly filled with gas into the Men's Suit Outlet on Pine Avenue before fleeing on foot. Moments later, an officer arrives at the scene as the fire spread and angered community members tried to help. "They wanted all of that madness," filmmaker Chris Vinan said. "They planned that store, I feel, because they did say, ‘That's the shop. That's the shop,' twice." Vinan was behind the lens on Sunday documenting an entire block of the city of Long Beach being looted and burned. In the end, 70 businesses were looted and 75 people were arrested. The Men's Suit Outlet, in business for 17 years on the same corner, was the most heavily damaged building in the city.  

It's not very often that someone does a job for 50 years, let alone three people doing that same job for 50 years. But Thursday night, three special Columbiana County community members were honored. You see them in your town — men and women who drive around in the giant red truck to help put out fires. It's a selfless job that Lawrence Hephner, Sr., Roland Hall, Sr. and Gary Steele have been doing for half a century in the small village of Leetonia. "It's something to do for the community," Hephner said. Both Hall and Steele started in 1970 with Hephner right before them in 1969. In the last 50 years, they've seen a lot of changes. "When we first started out, all we had was a black rubber coat for a fire coat, but it changes every year," Hall said. "Well, you have to make sure you have all your equipment on when you go in places. When I first got on, you didn't worry about that. You went in, put the fire out and come back out. Now, you got to put all those air packs on," Steele said.  

The regional administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency and coordinating officer for COVID-19 response and recovery in New England said his agency is maintaining logistical and other capabilities in the region, even though the surge is over, just in case there is a second wave. Retired Coast Guard Capt. Russell Webster's resume includes supervising part of FEMA's response to the Boston Marathon bombings and Tropical Storm Irene, leading Coast Guard operations in the Northeast in the wake of Sept. 11, and overseeing the response to the crash of John F. Kennedy Junior's flight in 1999, and the Egypt Air Flight 990 air crash. He described the COVID-19 outbreak, which led to emergency declarations in all 50 states and some U.S. territories, as "unprecedented."