Firefighters Extinguish Massive Blaze At Des Plaines Scrap Metal Yard
Huge flames tore through the roof of the factory as the fire quickly spread.
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Huge flames tore through the roof of the factory as the fire quickly spread.
A firefighter who was critically injured battling a house fire last month in southwest suburban Justice will be released from the hospital Wednesday.
The fire started around 3:45 a.m. at a 2 ½-story house in the 2800 block of North Spaulding Avenue.
Three firefighters and one civilian were injured Monday afternoon when a house went up in flames in the South Austin neighborhood.
Family, friends, and fellow firefighters are banding together to help a southwest suburban firefighter who was critically injured while fighting a fire last month.
A firefighter fell through a hole in the floor while battling a blaze at an apartment building in the Englewood neighborhood overnight.
Eight children were among them.
Smoke and fire initially forced back the firefighters, who took turns in warming buses.
Many Metra riders in Wheaton are thankful they have a temporary place to stay warm while they wait for their trains, after a fire wrecked the station.
Firefighters spent several hours in the bitter cold Tuesday morning, working to extinguish an extra-alarm blaze at a resort and indoor water park in Utica, about 90 miles southwest of Chicago.
Fire crews responded about 2:30 a.m. to the fire at a home in the 16400 block of Emerald Avenue, according to the Harvey Fire Department.
The fire broke out just after 12 a.m. on the second floor of 3-story apartment building in the 2700 block of West Giddings.
Fifteen people were displaced by a fire New Years Day morning in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Crews were battling the flames inside a two-story home in the 400 block of Pierce Street, according to the Aurora Fire Department.
William "Tony" Jackson, 83, was home alone at the time, and was trapped in his kitchen.
About 4:15 a.m., crews had two handlines going to fighting the fire at the 1.5-story building in the 13500 block of South Buffalo, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
The recent arctic blast has made the already demanding job of fighting fires even more dangerous, and the last few days have been especially bad, as temperatures lingered in the single digits from Monday night until Thursday morning.
A basement fire rendered a house uninhabitable early Thursday in west suburban Naperville.
The fire started around 10 p.m. at a 2 ½-story house at 18 N. Mason Av.
Crews were dispatched to a still-and-box alarm fire at a house in the 4800 block of South Laflin, according to a statement from Fire Media Affairs shortly after 3:30 a.m.
Firefighters are battling a fire Tuesday evening at an Englewood home on the South Side that sent one person to the hospital.
The fire started around 1:30 a.m. on the second floor of a three-story apartment building near Keeler and 5th avenues.
Twelve people were in need of shelter Christmas morning after an extra-alarm fire broke out at a Fernwood neighborhood home on the Far South Side.
Alondra Caballero Negron died Sunday, almost a week after suffering injuries in a north suburban Waukegan house fire.
A fire destroyed a garage Sunday night in northwest suburban Elgin.
