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Fire damages Cicero Apartment, no injuries A fire severely damaged an apartment building in the Town of Cicero at 5102 W 24th Place early Sunday morning, March 13, 2022. Chief Michael Piekarski reports there are no injuries, and the affected families declined accomodations from the Town of Cicero and found their own relocations. The…
House fire in Cicero displaces families, no injuries A fire gutted an apartment at 3129 S. 48th Court early Friday morning Feb. 4, 2022, but was quickly extinguished by the Cicero Fire Department, Fire Chief Michael Piekarski said. No one was injured in the six-unit apartment building but eight residents of the building have been…
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No injuries in basement fire in Orland Park Apartment A basement fire damaged a 4-Unit apartment building early Sunday morning (Jan. 30, 2022) in Orland Park. The fire was extinguished quickly and damage was kept to a small area of the basement, although smoke filled the building. Officials of the Orland Fire Protection District (OFPD)…
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Fire in two adjacent apartments and smoke damage to apartment building in Orland Park The Orland Fire Protection District responded to a fire in an apartment building at the 9300 block that spread to two apartments and caused smoke damage throughout the three-story, 12 unit apartment building on Thursday afternoon. No one was injured. The…
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Cicero honors firefighters who saved lives at 50th Court Apartment fire Town President Larry Dominick and Cicero Fire Chief Dominick Buscemi this week honored the firefighters who successfully put out a fire that severely damaged a large apartment building at 1637 50th Court on August 19, 2018 saving the lives of dozens of residents and…
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60 residents, and pets, rescued from major apartment fire in Cicero Cicero Firefighters rescued 60 residents from a 3-story multi-unit apartment building on the block of 1600 S. 50th Court this morning (Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018) as fire and heavy smoke consumed the building. Two of the residents (one male adult and one female adult,…
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