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Lemont is a village located in Cook, DuPage, and Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, and is a suburb of Chicago. The population was 16,000 as of the 2010 census. Lemont has a substantial immigrant population. Lemont is home to the CITGO Refinery, Argonne National Laboratory and other heavy industrial sites.
Man dies in Brighton, IL house fire BRIGHTON, IL (KPLR)- The Illinois State Fire Marshalâs Office is investigating a fatal fire in Macoupin County. The fire broke out early Sunday morning in the garage of a home on Brighton Bunker Hill Road in Brighton, Illinois. The victim has been identified as 83-year-old Thomas Vernatti.