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| VIDEO: A food ingredient manufacturing company caught fire on Thursday morning in the south suburbs, video from Chopper 7 shows. The fire started shortly after 6 a.m. near 65th Street and Archer Avenue in Bedford Park. |
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| Dale Hoerr, the chief of the Limestone Fire Department, said his department was called out at about 2 a.m. Thursday morning to Foster’s Auto Services on a report of cars being on fire. |
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| PHOTOS: The Sidney Volunteer Fire Department said their teams were dispatched at about 8 p.m. to a saltwater disposal site that was on fire, with "large explosions" coming from the area. |
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| VIDEO/PHOTOS: According to The Woodlands Fire Department, the firefighter was conducting routine checks on a fire truck when the station's overhead ventilation fan hit him. |
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| An employee with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development was hit by an 18-wheeler while working on a traffic light in Livingston Parish on Wednesday. The impact of the semi-truck hitting shattered the bucket itself. |
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| VIDEO: Perimeter Solutions, the company renowned for producing the fire retardant often deployed from aircraft during wildfires, has officially opened a state-of-the-art production facility at McClellan Park in Northern California. |
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