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                        Bloomington and Normal have both returned to their former policies concerning recreational fires.
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                        A 72-year-old woman has died in a house fire in Saybrook.
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                        Emergency managers in McLean County have implemented a county-wide ban on open burning until Friday, Sept. 26 because of an increased fire risk.
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                        Bloomington firefighters are investigating a second fire that broke out at a commercial building in southeast Bloomington.
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                        Bloomington Fire officials say some good decision-making kept its personnel safe from a partial roof collapse at a strip mall while fighting a fire Thursday night.
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                        A 49-year-old man from Metamora has died while ice fishing in McLean County.
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                        The restaurant's signature pies — a Thanksgiving staple for many in Central Illinois — return just in time for the holiday.
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                        Voters in the Mount Hope-Funks Grove Fire Protection District approved two out of three ballot questions intended to raise additional revenue to improve emergency services in southwest McLean County.
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                        Three ballot questions in the Mount Hope-Funks Grove Fire Protection District southwest of Bloomington-Normal are intended to help the district better respond to emergencies.
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                        Firefighters extinguished what was determined to be an accidental cooking fire around 3 a.m. Thursday at 410 W. Vernon Ave.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
