Police Still Questioning Man After Tuesday Fatal House Fire
An ATF dog on the job sniffing for accelerants is just one tool of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) investigators as they search for the cause of the fire.
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An ATF dog on the job sniffing for accelerants is just one tool of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) investigators as they search for the cause of the fire.
Three children and a man were killed a in an extra-alarm fire early Tuesday in the South Chicago neighborhood, and police said a "person of interest" was being questioned about the blaze, which appeared suspicious.
Firefighters responded to the fire at the La Quinta Inn in Oakbrook Terrace around 9:40 p.m., and found heavy smoke and flames in the rear of the hotel.
Firefighters had to open walls and the ceiling to expose the fire, but were able to put it out with a water fire extinguisher, the statement said.
Nearly 150 firefighters helped extinguish the blaze, which started around 1 a.m. in the 7600 block of South Drexel Avenue.
The fire destroyed a body shop and repair shop in downtown Kankakee. A firefighter was injured by a falling brick.
A semi-trailer truck caught fire at a toll booth on the Indiana Toll Road near Portage on Wednesday, setting the toll plaza on fire, and forcing police to shut down the toll road for part of the morning rush.
Crews responded about 3 a.m. to the fire in the 4200 block of North Knox, according to Fire Media Affairs Director Larry Langford. A firefighter suffered minor injuries.
Five juveniles set playground equipment on fire at Walker Grove School in southwest suburban Planfield Sunday.
A mother and her boyfriend have been charged with attempted arson and concealment of a death, after they set the body of her 4-year-old son on fire inside a vacant home in Englewood.
The fire started around 10:15 p.m., on the 2nd floor at the Fountaincrest Condominiums at California Avenue and Greenwood Road in Dolton.
As soon as firefighters arrived on the scene in the 1400 block of West Marquette Road around 9:30 p.m., they smelled an accelerant, indicating the fire inside the vacant home was deliberately set.
James Povolo, 71, of the 1300 block of Dartfourt Court in Naperville, was charged Tuesday with one felony count of arson, according to a statement from DuPage County State's Attorney's office.
Detectives were searching for evidence and interviewing relatives and potential witnesses after finding the body of a 56-year-old man in a building in the 8000 block of South Stony Island Avenue. The Cook County Medical Examiner's office has identified the victim as Edward McArthur Jr.
A University Park family was searching for the man who rescued them from a fire overnight, when their home was damaged by a blaze that might have been sparked by fireworks.
No injuries were reported.
Crews were called to the high-rise building in the 300 block of West Diversey at 1:47 p.m., according to Fire Media Affairs.
It has been a busy month for fires in Aurora, with another extra-alarm fire overnight.
A neighbor called to report that lightning had struck a two-story house in the 1500 block of Wesley Avenue at 8:19 p.m. and that there was smoke coming from the roof, according to a statement from the Evanston Fire Department.
When firefighters arrived, some people were screaming for help from the second floor, and crews rescued two people from the building using ladders.
Officials say the fire does not appear to be suspicious.
The fire was reported in a 2 1/2 story building in the 1000 block of West Cornelia, according to Fire Media Affairs. The fire started on a rear porch and spread to the building to the south, but was struck out about 5:15 a.m.
A Lincoln Park man has been charged with starting a fire in a dumpster that damaged a nearby building in the Lakeview neighborhood over the weekend.
Twenty people were in need of shelter Saturday morning after a fire broke out in an apartment building in northwest suburban Palatine.
