Gas Leak Repaired In Homer Glen After House Explosion
Officials ordered 23 homes evacuated Friday afternoon, after a natural gas explosion destroyed a home in the 14100 block of South Parker Road in Homer Glen.
Officials ordered 23 homes evacuated Friday afternoon, after a natural gas explosion destroyed a home in the 14100 block of South Parker Road in Homer Glen.
At least 23 homes were evacuated after the explosion around 4 p.m. Thursday in the 14100 block of South Parker Road in Homer Township.
Two gas company workers were injured and more than 20 people were left homeless Tuesday night when an explosion and fire destroyed a townhouse building in southwest suburban Romeoville.
CTA trains that use the elevated tracks in the Loop have been rerouted, due to a gas leak at Madison and Wabash.
gas man break forced homeowners out into the cold in the South Austin neighborhood late Tuesday afternoon.
Argo Community High School was evacuated around 1:30 p.m., after a gas leak immediately east of campus, according to District 217 Supt. Kevin O'Mara. Students were sent home about half an hour later, after school buses were sent to the school to pick them up.
The leak happened just before 11 p.m. near 80th Street and Crandon Avenue. A 20- to 24-inch underground main was leaking, filling the air with the smell of gas, and creating some tense moments as neighbors were told to evacuate their homes.
About half-dozen homes were without heat after a gas leak in the Gage Park neighborhood on the South Side Tuesday evening.
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The leak was reported in the 2500 block of West Fargo in the Rogers Park neighborhood, according to Fire Media Affairs.
Fire Department crews blanketed the Lincoln Park area on Thursday afternoon, after several residents and businesses reported smelling natural gas around Willow and Sheffield.
Several stores in the South Loop are being evacuated after a gas leak was reported Monday morning.
The main entrance at Brookfield Zoo had to be closed Friday after a gas main break nearby, and its smaller south parking lot quickly filled to capacity.
Police say a despondent man tried to commit suicide by filling his southwest suburban home with natural gas the day after his brother died of a brain tumor.
Investigators have confirmed a gas leak was to blame for an explosion and fire that destroyed a house in southwest suburban Joliet earlier this week.
Nearly 40 children were sent to the hospital and two Cicero Elementary schools were closed after reports of a gas leak in the area.
A Level 2 HazMat response was called when a construction company hit a small gas line at 900 W. Taylor St.
Residents were evacuated on Tuesday morning following a gas leak on the South Side.
Homes were evacuated in Lyons Thursday morning, as a gas leak erupted and led a fire to break out.
Police are investigating multiple reports of a smell of natural gas in and around the Lincoln Park neighborhood.
A building in the Little Village neighborhood was evacuated Wednesday morning, after a construction crew struck a gas main.
A gas leak caused traffic headaches in a busy part of the South Loop Friday morning.
A South Side block was evacuated briefly Monday morning after a water crew struck a gas main.
Four people were hospitalized -- two in critical condition -- after becoming sick from a gas leak Saturday evening in the Logan Square neighborhood.
A 19-year-old southwest suburban woman has been ticketed after crashing into a police squad car as an officer directed traffic at the scene of a gas leak Saturday afternoon on the Southwest Side.
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A day after the fire, residents still could not get back into the building at 1852 W. Palm Dr., near Golf Road in the Orion ParkView Apartments complex.
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