Dry and windy conditions contributed to numerous grass fires in Grundy County Saturday. The Rural Grundy County fire crews used four brush trucks, two pumpers and a tanker to control the fires that were reported over a six-hour period. A cigarette thrown from a vehicle may have been the cause of a hayfield fire on Route Y, northeast of Trenton. […]
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A mobile home in Wheeling was damaged by fire this week. The Livingston County Sheriff’s Department reports there was no-one home at the time of the fire. Sheriff Steve Cox says a fire in a ditch on South State Street got out of control and started a trash fire on a deck next to a mobile home. Wheeling Fire Department […]
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A report of a fire in an alley summoned Chillicothe Fire Fighters to the location between Cherry and Walnut, near 1st Street. The call came in Thursday at 9:30 am and police were on the scene when the fire department arrived. They found a bathtub full of trash, smoking from being burned. Fifty gallons of water and a fire extinguisher […]
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A BURN BAN is issued for the City of Chillicothe and a Burn Advisory for Livingston County until further notice. Chillicothe Fire Chief Eric Reeter issued the Burn Ban and Burn Advisory due to the “Red Flag” conditions, which include low relative humidity, strong winds and dry grasses. The Burn Ban in Chillicothe means there is no outdoor burning allowed, […]
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A Red Flag Warning is issued for this afternoon due to dry conditions that could cause any type of fire to spread quickly. National Weather Service Meteorologist Jared Leighton says warm temperatures and strong winds have increased the fire danger for the afternoon. The National Weather Service is recommending no burning of trash or debris this afternoon and you should […]
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The Chillicothe Fire Department responded to two fire calls over the weekend. Saturday Hale Fire Department requested Chillicothe to provide mutual aid with a grass fire in the southeast part of the county. Firefighters arrived on the scene and helped control and extinguish the grass fire. Approximately 30 acres of grass field had burned. No structures were involved and no […]
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Chillicothe Fire Fighters responded to a report of a house fire with people inside. The call came in at about 9:30 pm for a house at 903 Woodward, owned by Shawn Graves. Firefighters arrived in three minutes and found that everyone was out of the house. Fire was coming from an upstairs corner window and the fire crew began to […]
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Chillicothe Fire Fighters responded this morning to a report of smoke at a business in the 700 block of Washington Street, across from City Hall. The call came in about 6:20 am and Department responded with a pumper and the ladder truck and investigated the report. They found no fire, the source of the smoke was found to be electrical […]
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The Livingston County Ambulance District will meet February 25th at the Chillicothe Fire Station. The meeting begins at 8:00 am and will include the quarterly financial report and a discussion about old and new equipment. Livingston County Ambulance District meetings are open to the public.
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Chillicothe Fire Fighters responded to a report of an electrical fire at a home at 422 Collier. The call came in about 8:30 and arrived in two minutes to find heavy smoke coming from vents from the roof. The resident was still inside the home but family members were outside. The fire crew found the breakers for the furnace and […]
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