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A blaze at a vacant South Side warehouse that left firefighter Daniel Capuano dead in December was set off by a construction worker and deemed accidental, the Chicago Fire Department announced Wednesday.
The two-alarm fire broke out in the three-story building at 3234 N. Central Ave. at 7:09 a.m., according to Fire Media Affairs. The building contains four businesses on the first floor and 12 apartments on the upper floors.
Firefighters responded to the blaze about 3:30 a.m. at the 1 – 1/2-story, single-family home in the 7800 block of South Kimbark Avenue, according to Chicago Fire Department Cmdr. Walter Schroeder.
Ald. Joe Moore (49th) called the possible criminal nature of the fire, "very, very disturbing." He said detectives are looking for clues, including looking for any nearby video that might be helpful.
Eight firefighters were taken to hospitals with minor injuries, after battling an extra-alarm blaze at an apartment building in the Rogers Park neighborhood Monday morning.
Crews were called at 7:32 a.m. about a house fire in the 800 block of Patricia Avenue in Elgin, according to a statement from the Elgin Fire Department.
A man and a two-year-old boy were being treated for smoke inhalation after a house fire in Elk Grove Sunday morning, according to the Elk Grove Fire Department.
A hoverboard caught fire early Friday morning as residents of a home in northwest suburban Fox River Grove were sleeping.
Four people were in need of shelter early Wednesday after a fire broke out at a South Chicago neighborhood building and spread to the apartment building next door.
The Shrine of Christ The King Sovereign Priest, 6401 S. Woodlawn Av., already survived one fire 40 years ago, and the landmark building was years into a restoration project when an extra-alarm blaze caused severe damage, including a collapsed roof, on Oct. 7, 2015.
A man was found dead after a fire broke out in a house Saturday night in the Austin neighborhood, leaving four others — including two children — in need of shelter on the West Side.
A seven-year-old girl was killed and four people were injured in a fire in a two-story home in Kankakee Saturday morning.
Crews responded about 2:45 p.m Friday to the blaze in the 0-100 block of Cedar Avenue.
An 88-year-old man died a day after a Sunday evening fire at his Chatham neighborhood home on the South Side.
A person was critically injured in a Chatham neighborhood house fire Sunday afternoon on the South Side.
Three adults were injured in a fire in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side Sunday morning, according to Chicago Fire Media.
Police have launched a death investigation after a body was discovered following a fire in a vacant building in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
A house fire in the 100 block of East 103rd Place in the South Side Roseland neighborhood has left a 60-year-old man dead and a second person in critical condition.
The mother of a girl killed in a Back of the Yards neighborhood fire in September is suing the building's owner, alleging they were responsible for the unsafe environment that ultimately claimed the girl's life.
Daniel Capuano, 42, a 15-year veteran of the department, died early Monday morning, after falling through an elevator shaft while battling a warehouse fire in the South Chicago neighborhood.
Two years ago, Safyre Terry lost her family and was left disfigured in a fire. People from around the world have been moved by the 8-year-old girl's Christmas wish: Christmas cards to fill her spiral card tree.
Four Chicago police officers helped save the lives of three men in the Back of the Yards neighborhood late Monday night, when the officers pulled the victims out of a burning car.
The truck was westbound on I-80/94 about a mile west of the Grant Street exit at 1:08 a.m. when it hit a crash cushion and cement pillar, went airborne, and came to rest across the right, right middle and left middle lanes under the Chase Street overpass, according to Indiana State Police. It then caught fire.
A fire at an auto scrap yard prompted a HazMat response Sunday morning in the North Side Ranch Triangle neighborhood.
More than 60 people are out of a job after a fire this week shut down a landmark restaurant in the Pilsen neighborhood. CBS 2's Audrina Bigos reports.
