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Myers Fire Photos
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Action Page # 47
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Airplane Crashes in Fox Lake, IL
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The Fox Lake Fire Department received a call that a plane had crashed on
one of the villages busy streets. Squad 2252 arrived to find a single engine plane engulfed in flames and a police officer suffering from burns. With 2200 and 2264 arriving on the scene behind the Squad the fire was quickly extinguished. 2200 called for Flight For Life and a Squad Company from Round Lake. The injured officer was a Lake County Sheriff deputy that was passing through town and witnessed the plane crash. As he approached the plane it exploded throwing him through the air. He was flown to a burn center where he is recovering. The pilot and passenger both died in the crash. |