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La Salle fire destroys Batteries + Things building · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: LaSalle fire destroys battery plus Things building. Written by Matthias Werner.
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  Speaker 1: This article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  Speaker 1: to you by Everlett. A commercial fire destroyed batteries plus
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  Speaker 1: things at three sixty five twenty fourth Street in LaSalle
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  Speaker 1: on Friday night. The Lasal Fire Department said no injuries
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  Speaker 1: were reported. Firefighters from LaSalle and six surrounding departments were
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  Speaker 1: dispatched at five point thirty nine pm Friday. According to
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  Speaker 1: the release, the first units arrived within five minutes to
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  Speaker 1: find the building well involved in flames. The fire escalated quickly,
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  Speaker 1: The department said. A box alarm was issued at five
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  Speaker 1: four pm, bringing in crews from Troy Grove, Mendota, Tonica,
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  Speaker 1: and Wallace. A second alarm at six fifty one pm
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  Speaker 1: called for firefighters from Marseille, Ottawa, Standard, Princeton and Earlville.
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  Speaker 1: A third alarm at seven ten twenty three pm brought Naplate,
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  Speaker 1: Granville and Cedar Point to the scene. LaSalle County Emergency
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  Speaker 1: Management issued a shelter in place order for the downwind area,
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  Speaker 1: asking residents to close windows and turn off heating and
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  Speaker 1: air conditioning units. According to the release, the order was
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  Speaker 1: lifted at ten forty pm. The Hazardous Materials Response Team
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  Speaker 1: monitored air quality during the fire. Lasal Fire Chief Jerry
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  Speaker 1: Janic said the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency confirmed all oxygen,
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  Speaker 1: carbon monoxide, and water runoff readings were within normal limits.
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  Speaker 1: Residual smoke may linger, but poses no threat to the community.
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  Speaker 1: The fire department said All units cleared the scene by
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  Speaker 1: twelve forty three am Saturday, August first. Janik said there
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  Speaker 1: are no damage estimates at this time.