UPDATE: It Will Take Days To Clear Groundwater Gasoline Leak
Investigators eventually determined the source: a Speedway gas station in Westmont. They believe fuel leaked from the station into the sewer system that stretches about eight miles.
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Investigators eventually determined the source: a Speedway gas station in Westmont. They believe fuel leaked from the station into the sewer system that stretches about eight miles.
Two LaPorte County Sheriff's deputies jumped to action to try to save two dogs from a house fire Wednesday afternoon.
Firefighters responded to the house fire near 148th and Leavitt around 4 a.m., city spokesman Sean Howard said.
More than 30 people were displaced after a three-story apartment building caught fire late Monday in the Park Manor neighborhood on the South Side.
Two firefighters were hospitalized in a blaze that tore through a vacant home Monday afternoon in southwest suburban Orland Park.
Officers and firefighters responded at 9:54 a.m. to the fire in the 6600 block of North Northwest Highway, according to Chicago Police.
Officers responding about 1:20 a.m. to a fire in the 7900 block of South Greenwood found a body in a third floor apartment.
The fire was first reported about 1 a.m. at the residential building in the 4700 block of South Hermitage.
A two-alarm fire damaged two buildings Saturday morning in the South Side Washington Park neighborhood, leaving three families homeless.
No one was injured when a fire tore through a house early Monday in west suburban St. Charles, causing an estimated $200,000 in damages.
An arrest warrant was issued for Larry Harris, 60, who was charged with residential arson, criminal damage to property, and domestic battery
A 17-year-old boy who was shot in the head before he was pulled from a house fire last week in north suburban Grayslake has died.
A fire broke out Monday morning at the vacant southwest suburban prison where the movie "The Blues Brothers" was filmed, the second time this year that a blaze was reported at the building.
No injuries were reported in a fire Friday morning in the West Englewood neighborhood on the SoutH Side.
A firefighter was injured battling a blaze Friday morning in the Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
A woman was hospitalized following a fire Wednesday morning in the West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood.
Firefighters were on scene battling the blaze at the former Zenith Electronics plant near the intersection of Austin and Dickens.
People from all over the country have called Country Classic Cars in Staunton, Ill., to offer their support after a fire destroyed 148 cars.
The blaze was reported at 3:49 a.m. in two vacant structures in the 800 block of West 53rd Place, according to CFD Chief Juan Hernandez.
A roof fire Tuesday night at a building in Lincoln Park led to the evacuation of a popular Italian restaurant.
Aric McClure, 33, died from smoke and soot inhalation due to the fire, authorities said.
Firefighters found a detached garage with the fire spreading to the attic of the home and moving to the first floor.
The fire started around 4 a.m. at Horizon Metals Inc., on Pulaski Road, just north of the Kennedy Expressway.
Two people were injured when flames ripped through a West Town apartment building early Saturday on the Near West Side.
