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LEXINGTON, Ill. -- A building has completely collapsed due to a large fire on Illinois State University's farm...

Normal Fire Department / Facebook It was a long weekend for the Normal Fire Department. It started early Saturday morning, when a freight train derailed in Uptown. That afternoon, a fire destroyed a dozen units at Sugar Creek Apartments. Then came two more fires from trailers overturned by the derailment. All of that on top of routine calls for service. No one was hurt during the weekend's catastrophes. But NFD Public Information Officer Matt Swaney said first responders sure are tired. “We usually at least have some down time between our workdays and the firefighters can go home and recu...

Darnysha Mitchell / WGLT UPDATED 8:35 A.M. | Crews are working to clean up a "major train derailment" that occurred Saturday morning in Normal. The derailment happened just before 5 a.m. near Hester Avenue, just south of Watterson Towers, said the Normal Fire Department. It resulted in railroad crossings being blocked throughout the Town of Normal by the remaining train, the fire department said. No injuries were reported, and no hazardous materials were involved, the fire department said. Mike Cully, a Illinois State University senior and construction management major, told WGLT he saw ...