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Suburban backyard pool deck destroyed by fire

At approximately 10:30 PM on Friday August 3, 2018, the Orland Fire Protection District was notified of a house fire in the 100 block of Windmill Road in Orland Park.

Upon arrival, Fire companies found a large pool deck and attached pool house fully involved in the rear of the structure.

Companies made an offensive attack and firefighters were able to hold the fire from causing significant structural damage to the home property.

No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire currently remains under investigation.

Photos courtesy of the Orland Fire Protection District (OFPD, www.OrlandFire.org.)

Pool deck fire in backyard of Orland Park home, August 3, 2018. Photo courtesy of the Orland Fire Protection District www.OrlandFire.org — Pool deck fire in back yard of Orland Park home, August 3, 2018. Photo courtesy of the Orland Fire Protection District www.OrlandFire.org

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Ray Hanania is an award-winning columnist, author & former Chicago City Hall reporter (1977-1992). A veteran who served during the Vietnam War and the recipient of four SPJ Peter Lisagor Awards for column writing, Hanania writes weekly opinion columns on mainstream American & Chicagoland topics for the Southwest News-Herald, Des Plaines Valley News, the Regional News, The Reporter Newspapers, and Suburban Chicagoland.

Hanania also writes about Middle East issues for the Arab News, and The Arab Daily News criticizing government policies in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Hanania was named "Best Ethnic American Columnist" by the New America Media in November 2007, and is the 2009 recipient of the SPJ National Sigma Delta Chi Award for column writing.

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