Adult, Child Rescued From West Chicago Fire
Two people were rescued from the third floor balcony of a West Chicago apartment building Sunday night, after they became trapped during a fire.
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Two people were rescued from the third floor balcony of a West Chicago apartment building Sunday night, after they became trapped during a fire.
A lightning strike overnight caused a major fire at the Aurora city administration building.
Fire crews were called out Wednesday afternoon when an electrical fire broke out in a radiation therapy room at the Northwest Community Healthcare hospital in Arlington Heights.
Firefighters say two men who died in a fire in the Back of the Yards neighborhood might have had a chance to get out, of the building had had smoke detectors.
Two men died Monday afternoon in a house fire in the Back of the Yards neighborhood when flames blocked the only way in or out of the attic where they were when the fire broke out.
A Lake Shore Drive high-rise sustained serious damage in an extra-alarm fire over the weekend.
Two fires Sunday morning in Naperville are being blamed on lighting. NO one was hurt, but one caused an estimated $300,000 in damage and the other $200,000.
Emergency crews rescued a 70-year-old woman from a car when it became stuck in water in west suburban Aurora during this morning's storm. Several others storm-related incidents were also reported and no one was injured.
At least one overnight fire may have been caused by a lightning strike in the Lake View neighborhood on the North Side.
A fire broke out early Tuesday on the roof of a loft condo building on the city's Near West Side.
A firefighter was hurt early Saturday while battling a blaze at a house in northwest suburban Bartlett that a resident of the home had tried to extinguish with a garden hose before calling 911.
Firefighters rescued an elderly man trapped on the third floor of a burning building Wednesday afternoon on the Northwest Side.
An extra-alarm fire broke out overnight at an apartment complex in West Chicago overnight, and some residents were reportedly trapped.
A firefighter was hospitalized with minor injuries after he slipped and fell while batting a West Side blaze early Saturday.
A fire that broke out at a Back of the Yards factory on Thursday has been put out, with no injuries reported.
A fire in the Woodlawn neighborhood early Thursday left 14 people homeless, among them nine children.
A south suburban fire chief says passersby helped saved the lives of a family of seven early Tuesday morning in Orland Park.
A fire burned several garages and damaged a power line overnight in the Northwest Side's Mayfair neighborhood.
An elderly woman is in the hospital this morning, injured in a fire in the Pilsen neighborhood.
It was an explosive start to the Fourth of July for a resident of west suburban Westchester on Monday and it had nothing to do with fireworks.
Seventeen people were displaced Saturday night following a fire in a three-unit apartment home in northwest suburban Elgin, authorities said.
An elderly woman died Sunday after a mobile home fire in southwest suburban Hodgkins.
The Fourth of July is the biggest grilling day of the year, and many will flock to the lakefront and Chicago area parks to enjoy a few burgers, hot dogs and anything else some hot coals can turn into a meal.
Three people — including one firefighter — were taken to the hospital after a house fire Saturday afternoon in southwest suburban Tinley Park.
The storms Thursday night brought a power line down onto the Purple Line 'L' tracks in Evanston, sparking a blazing electrical fire and shutting down the line for about 2 1/2 hours.
