Fire at Hanover Park apartment forces residents to jump from windows
A fire broke out at an apartment building overnight in northwest suburban Hanover Park, leaving some residents on the second and third floors to jump to safety.
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A fire broke out at an apartment building overnight in northwest suburban Hanover Park, leaving some residents on the second and third floors to jump to safety.
There was a large fire department response to a two-alarm blaze at an apartment building south suburban Homewood Tuesday afternoon.
Des Plaines police and fire officials said an explosion and fire at a condo building in May that injured 15 people was arson, and the suspected arsonist died from injuries he got during the incident.
An explosion and fire at a Des Plaines condo building injured 15 people, three of them critically, overnight.
A woman was injured in an apartment fire in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood early Wednesday morning.
The suspect is facing multiple felonies, including first-degree murder and aggravated arson.
Firefighters pulled a 30-year-old pregnant woman from the fire and found she had suffered stab wounds. Paramedics tried to help her but she was pronounced dead at the scene
Both firefighters were taken to the hospital in good condition. A civilian was also taken to the hospital in unknown condition.
Fire crews rescued a woman when a fire broke out in a second-floor apartment in Aurora, Illinois, on New Year's Day.
An apartment fire in Skokie, Illinois, sent families into the bitter cold overnight.
Flames engulfed an apartment building in Carpentersville, Illinois, causing a partial collapse.
Hong Kong authorities say almost 130 people have been confirmed dead in the massive fire that charred an apartment complex and took two days to put out.
Hong Kong police said they have arrested three men on suspicion of manslaughter after the apartment fire that has killed at least 36 people and left hundreds more unaccounted for.
A massive fire engulfed an apartment building in Albany Park Tuesday afternoon.
The Chicago Fire Department said a woman has died following a fire at a high-rise apartment building in the city's West Town neighborhood.
Police said two men and a woman were taken to a local hospital in good condition.
One tenant said they've had a lot of electrical problems in the building, but firefighters said the cause of the fire is still under investigation
Six people escaped from their burning homes safely.
A man was hospitalized in critical condition after an apartment fire Wednesday morning in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood.
No other injuries were reported, but four people were displaced as a result of the fire.
Chicago police said just after 4 a.m., the victim, believed to be in his 60s, was found unresponsive in a fire at an apartment building in the 4500 block of South Francisco Avenue.
It happened just after 10 p.m. at an apartment complex in the 4900 block of West Quincy Street.
The fire has since been extinguished. One person refused treatment, and no one was taken to the hospital.
The entire building near Greenview and Fletcher went up in flames just after 6 a.m. Sunday.
Three children were rushed to the hospital Wednesday from the scene of a fire in a Chicago Housing Authority building in Bronzeville.
