Three Firefighters Hospitalized After South Side Blaze
Three Chicago firefighters were hospitalized after a fire in Englewood Saturday morning.
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Three Chicago firefighters were hospitalized after a fire in Englewood Saturday morning.
A lithium camcorder battery stowed in an overhead compartment shorted out aboard American Flight 1159, bound for St. Louis.
The blaze, reported just after noon, is in the basement of a five-story warehouse that used to be a furniture company at 1034 S. Kostner Ave.
An 8-year-old boy gravely wounded in a "suspicious" fire that killed his mother early Saturday has died.
Firefighters from multiple departments spent nearly an hour and a half quelling a blaze at a luxury home in north suburban Lake Forest, one of three buildings struck by lightning there Thursday.
Crews were called to the fire in a three-story brick building in the 4400 block of North Wolcott Avenue shortly before 11 p.m.
A four-alarm fire destroyed a warehouse in Brighton Park overnight, and firefighters had to return to the scene a second time after extinguishing the blaze, when the fire reignited.
Residents at 3925 Triumvera Dr. were jolted awake when a fire started in a 9th floor condo after midnight.
A West Garfield Park man jumped from the attic of his burning home this afternoon.
A firefighter was hospitalized after crews battled a two-alarm fire Tuesday afternoon in the North Side Wrigleyville neighborhood.
One person was killed when a home exploded Monday evening in a remote subdivision surrounded by Northwest Indiana farm country.
A "mayday" call, signaling firefighters were in distress, was sent out shortly before 7 a.m. as crews worked to extinguish the fire in the 10500 block of South Ewing Avenue.
The fire apparently started when a resident put a piece of clothing in a microwave, said an employee of the facility, who declined to give her name.
Lightning strikes are believed to have sparked two separate house fires Friday evening in the west suburban town of Geneva.
All students were safely evacuated from Higgins Elementary School at 11710 S. Morgan St.
Fire Department District Chief Peter Van Dorpe said the smoke proved more troublesome than the fire.
Power has been restored to ComEd customers after a fire inside a ComEd substation, according to the company's outage map.
A firefighter was injured in an extra-alarm fire that damaged three storefronts in the Southwest Side Gage Park neighborhood Saturday morning.
Two people were hurt when a car crashed into a Binny's Beverage Depot in Highland Park and caught fire Thursday morning.
A child was injured during a fire Wednesday night in the West Englewood neighborhood.
He's been out of prison for fourteen months, but after Monday, James Kluppelberg finally feels free.
Tatiana Meakens pleaded guilty to two counts of child endangerment and Judge Diane Cannon sentenced her to five years in prison.
The man, 26, was about to jump from the top floor when he was plucked from a window ledge by firefighters with a ladder.
A fire that could be seen for miles destroyed a Hammond trucking company this morning and prompted the evacuation of some nearby businesses and residents, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
Joliet firefighters put out a blaze early Thursday at the shuttered Joliet Correctional Center, made famous for being used in the movie "Blues Brothers" and the TV show "Prison Break."
