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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.
An Oak Lawn man is being questioned by police following an arson fire and explosion this morning that destroyed a home.
Two people were critically injured Friday evening after a fire broke out at a motel in west suburban Aurora.
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.
No one was injured, but 80 passengers had to be transported by shuttle buses from the stalled train, which had been heading toward Chicago around 9 p.m. Friday.
Since last May, the city had been trying to get the landlord to allow inspectors into the rental property, as required by city ordinance. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
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.
The 2-11 fire was reported about 10:30 p.m. in the 5200 block of South Lowe Avenue.
Firefighters battled an extra-alarm blaze in a high-rise in the South Side Kenwood neighborhood Friday evening.
The roof of the warehouse collapsed during the blaze, and the Fire Department said the structure was a total loss.
Temperatures were around 4 degrees (not counting wind chill) around 7:30 p.m. when the Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District got the call, and when they pulled up to 129 Glenwood Drive, smoke already was showing.
An apartment fire early New Year's Day in the North Side Rogers Park neighborhood has left 35 people displaced from their homes.
A basement caught fire Tuesday night in a 22-story high-rise building in the South Side Douglas neighborhood.
One Evanston firefighter suffered an ankle injury while battling the blaze, and was taken to Evanston Hospital.
