PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Multiple central Illinois fire stations are recipients for the 2024 Small Equipment Grant Program, according to an Illinois State Fire Marshal news release. In total, 165 fire departments/districts and EMS providers were granted up to $26,000 for small firefighting and ambulance equipment. We continue to see and hear about the need […]
MOSSVILLE – Rough terrain and rough weather impeded firefighters who tried to extinguish a blaze that resulted from a house explosion Tuesday near Mossville.
A 21-year-old man was hospitalized with burn injuries as a result of the explosion about 2 p.m. at 13723 N. Ivy Lake Road. According to authorities, the injured man is an employee of a heating, ventilation and air-conditioning firm that was installing a furnace at the residence.
The house was destroyed, according to Marvin Roderick, chief of the Chillicothe Community Fire Protection District. We got there pretty quick and it was fully involved (in flames) top to bottom, Roderick said Wednesday morning. There s nothing left.