Three-Alarm Blaze Burns Down Wadsworth Home
The multiple-alarm fire started in the attic of the home in the 38500 block of North Arbor Court about 3:20 p.m.
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The multiple-alarm fire started in the attic of the home in the 38500 block of North Arbor Court about 3:20 p.m.
Firefighters responded to the 2-11 blaze at the three-story building about 3:10 a.m. in the 2600 block of North Lincoln Avenue.
Firefighters responded to the three-story building on the 4000 block of South Calumet Avenue around 12:30 a.m.
Emergency crews responded about 11:50 p.m. to the blaze that started in a first-floor unit of an apartment building in the 9000 block of South Harlem Avenue.
The mobile home and everything inside was destroyed. The damaged was estimated at $50,000.
A 3-alarm fire is burning Tuesday in west suburban Cicero, where flames have consumed most of a vacant warehouse.
The incident occurred about 11:30 p.m. in the 200 block of East 141st Street after a woman lost control of her vehicle, drove through the home's fence and ultimately struck the rear of the residence.
Flames and heavy smoke were already shooting through the roof of the Dollar & Up store near the intersection of East 75th Street and South Martin Luther King Drive when crews responded about 12:15 a.m.
The fire started around 4:30 a.m., in the second-floor apartment above Art's Bicycle Shop, a family-owned business at 6212 W. Cermak Rd. in Berwyn.
Fire crews responded to the blaze around 1:33 a.m., which was coming from the lower level of a split-level home in the 300 block of Chippewa Trail in Lake in the Hills.
The grandmother of three young children who died in a fire Wednesday night said the two surviving children have been placed in foster care.
At least 31 people were in need of shelter Sunday morning after a fire broke out at a northwest suburban McHenry apartment building.
Two boys who were hurt in a Hammond, Ind., house fire Wednesday were released from a Chicago hospital Saturday evening, while their father remains in critical condition.
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An apartment fire in the South Lawndale neighborhood spread to the two neighboring buildings early Saturday, injuring 10 people - including four children - and leaving 20 people displaced.
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Fire department investigators determined that the fire was "incendiary," which means that it was the result of a person's actions.
Firefighters responded about 1:15 a.m. to the blaze at a two-story apartment building in the 4900 block of South Hoyne Avenue.
A 28-year-old father who suffered severe burns in a fire at his house in Hammond overnight managed to save two of his children, but he couldn't reach three others who perished in the blaze.
Firefighters have responded to reports of a fire at a residence in the Edgewater neighborhood.
The fire started around 9 a.m. at a home in the 100 block of Beck Avenue in South Elgin.
The blaze broke out overnight at a three-story apartment building in the 300 block of West Webster Avenue.
The fire broke out on the fourth floor of the five-story building at 8245 Belmont Av.
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Indiana state officials on Friday continued to survey tornado damage in Lake Village, after two people were killed in Tuesday's storms, though strong winds made cleanup efforts that much more difficult.
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