Firefighters rescue person on CTA Blue Line tracks in the Loop
A person had to be rescued at a CTA blue line station after they somehow ended up on the tracks.
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A person had to be rescued at a CTA blue line station after they somehow ended up on the tracks.
The proceeds will benefit Chicago police officer Danny Golden, who was shot and paralyzed last summer while trying to break up a fight at a bar in Beverly.
The proceeds will benefit Chicago police officer Danny Golden, who was shot and paralyzed last summer while trying to break up a fight at a bar in Beverly.
The HERO pipe was designed for fires in high rises — like the one at the Harper Square Cooperative on Wednesday, Jan 25.
The Chicago Fire Department is responding to critics who say the department could have and should have used a specific pipe designed for high-rise fires to battle a blaze in Kenwood last month. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
Firefighters were on the scene after a fire broke out in Englewood Wednesday morning.
It is a tool that taxpayers have already paid for.
CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey has been digging into why some firefighters say the Chicago Fire Department has a special tool to fight the type of blaze that broke out in the high-rise - but they didn't use it.
It happened at the Metra maintenance facility in West Pullman.
That fire broke out on Oct. 17, 2003, at what was then known as the Cook County Administration Building.
Keoghan was in Chicago last week. It was one of two cities he visited to promote "Tough As Nails" – the other was Pittsburgh.
Keoghan talked with CBS 2's Donlon about highlighting those workers who get their hands dirty to keep the country running in the CBS show "Tough As Nails."
The center is named for the late police commander Paul Bauer and firefighter Marshawn Plummer.
This is now our fourth year of covering Chicagoans getting hosed by the city's water billing practices – and we have another first. This is the story of a first responder getting hosed. CBS 2 Investigator Brad Edwards reports.
Fire officials said there was a high CO reading from a faulty furnace within the apartment.
"You all have chosen to already be there, and to make an impact and help on what is most likely the worst day of someone's life."
Chicago firefighters are reminding you to think carefully about how you're going to cook the turkey.
Smoke from the fire could be seen for miles Saturday evening.
A ceremonial bell ringing in honor of a Chicago fire captain and EMT who died in the line of duty ten years ago.
A ceremonial bell ringing in honor of a Chicago fire captain and EMT who died in the line of duty ten years ago.
Crews responded to an extra-alarm fire near a CTA Green Line track Sunday morning in the city's Bronzeville neighborhood, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
"The turnout is excellent. We're still waiting for that diversity number to kick up though."
The still and box alarm fire broke out in the 1100 block of East 90th Street.
It was 21 years ago that the world as we knew it was forever changed.
A person is safe after the Chicago Fire Department was called to Montrose Harbor Monday morning.
