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Two people were found dead in a fire in Inverness on Jan. 31, 2021. | File photo
It was the northwest suburb’s first fatal fire in decades, the fire chief said.
A woman who was found dead along with her husband Sunday after a fire at a home in Inverness died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to an autopsy.
The woman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to her head, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. Her death was ruled a suicide.
An autopsy to determine the cause and manner of her husband’s death was pending, the medical examiner’s office said.
A neighbor called 911 shortly before 5 p.m. after noticing smoke coming from the rear of a split-level home, according to Palatine Rural Fire Protection District Chief Rich May.
Firefighters arrived in minutes and found heavy smoke and fire at 219 Bradwell Road, May said.
Crews entered the home and found the couple, one of whom was in the kitchen, May said. The couple, in their 80s, were pronounced dead at the scene. The medical examiner’s office hasn’t released their names.
Firefighters struggled to enter the home due to numerous “furnishings” in the home and heavy snow outside, May said.
The fire, which began in the near of the house near a bedroom, was likely accelerated because of an open window nearby, May said.
Neighbors told investigators they saw a resident of the home outside an hour before the fire, shoveling the driveway, he said.
No one else was injured or displaced by the fire, which took about 20 minutes to extinguish, May said.
Part of the roof collapsed on the one-story section of the home, he said. The house was likely a total loss.
Twelve other fire departments assisted in the response, totaling about 20 vehicles and about 50 personnel, May said.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the fire department, Inverness police and the state fire marshal, May said.
Media reports said the victims were a couple who lived in the home for decades.
May said it was the first fatal fire in Inverness, to his knowledge, in decades.
A semi truck carrying tires caught fire Feb. 2, 2021, on the Bishop Ford near Riverdale. | Chicago Fire Department
The truck, which was carrying tires, caught fire about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday in the right lane of Interstate 94.
A semitrailer carrying tires caught fire below an overpass Tuesday morning on the Bishop Ford Expressway, shutting down all but one of the inbound lanes at 130th Street.
The truck’s cab caught fire about 5:30 a.m. in the right lane of Interstate 94, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
The fire then spread to the tires, which were “very hard” to put out, department spokesman Larry Langford said.
The blaze was extinguished within an hour and there were no reported injuries.
The far left lane of inbound I-94 remained open to traffic, according to Illinois State Police.
130th closed. All ramps inbound closed at 130. CFD getting water from hydrants off expressway pic.twitter.com/4aD9WirHjj
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