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QUINCY— Effective Wednesday March 12, open burning is prohibited in Adams County. Upon recommendation of rural fire chiefs, Adams County Board Chairman Bret Austin issued the ban. Conditions across the county have become increasingly dry with windy conditions expected throughout the week. This ban will be in effect until Adams County receives rainfall, which is predicted…
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PLYMOUTH, Ill. — Hancock County Sheriff Travis Duffy reports a residential fire in Plymouth on November 15 led to a death investigation. Deputies were notified that Tri-County Fire, Colchester Fire, and Augusta Fire were on scene for a structure fire at 103 E. Marion, Plymouth where they discovered a female. When deputies arrived, they met…
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QUINCY – The Quincy Fire Department responded to an early morning call on Sunday. Dispatch received multiple calls of fire in the alley between 5th and 6th from Spring to Oak. Upon arrival QFD crews found a large amount of fire coming from a shed and barn. Engine 2 crews ran a line through the…
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WEST QUINCY, Mo. — The remains of a cafe that was closed by the Flood of 1993 was destroyed by fire Thursday night. Crews from Palmyra, Ewing, LaGrange in Missouri and Quincy and Tri-Township in Illinois responded to a mutual aid call at 6:43 p.m. A Marion County Sheriff’s deputy who was driving by put…
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HULL, ILL.- On Sunday morning, the Pike County Sheriff’s Department received a call regarding a subject outside setting houses on fire. When the first deputy arrived, he saw the subject running with a gas can that was on fire. As the deputy stopped his vehicle to apprehend the subject, he poured gasoline on a vehicle,…
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