Fire officials say brush fire burned 8 acres of farmland in McHenry County
The fire moved quickly through a soybean field, as strong southerly winds pushed the flames through dry crop residue, creating fast-moving fire behavior, fire officials said.
Watch CBS News
The fire moved quickly through a soybean field, as strong southerly winds pushed the flames through dry crop residue, creating fast-moving fire behavior, fire officials said.
Firefighters were seen at the Luna Park Apartments, near Wedgewood Drive and St. Paul Avenue, around 1 a.m. Sunday.
Firefighters were seen at the Luna Park Apartments, near Wedgewood Drive and St. Paul Avenue, around 1 a.m. Sunday.
The fire broke out around 2:40 a.m. in the 1900 block of East 73rd Place, near Euclid Avenue.
Firefighters battled large flames at a vacant building in Chicago's Garfield Park neighborhood.
Fire officials said additional fire crews have been called to help with the response.
Fire officials said the fire has since been extinguished, but they will remain at the scene to monitor hot spots.
Chicago firefighters were battling an extra-alarm blaze Friday afternoon at three homes in the Fuller Park neighborhood on the South Side.
Video from the scene shows firefighters battling heavy smoke and flames at the severely damaged building.
A dozen people were displaced from their homes after an apartment fire on Friday morning in Chicago's Austin neighborhood.
The fire broke out around 2 a.m. in a workers' cottage-style frame home near 60th and Elizabeth streets.
Firefighters were seen battling the blaze on a ladder and on the roof, and inside the top floor.
Police body camera video shows a family's dog leading an officer to his leash while being rescued from a house fire last week in Aurora in Chicago's western suburbs.
While firefighters battled two fires earlier this week, two officers stepped up to help two cats rescued from a smoke-filled apartment.
Video from the scene showed heavy smoke billowing from the heavily damaged roof of the house.
The cause of a 2-alarm house fire in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood is under investigation Wednesday morning.
Firefighters put out a 2-alarm house fire in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood early Wednesday morning. Video from the scene showed heavy smoke billowing from the heavily damaged roof of the house.
The Lake County sheriff said a man has been arrested and charged with arson for a house fire in Round Lake Monday.
Aurora officers saved the dog named Oakley after responding to a house fire last Thursday in the 2000 block of Whitehall Court.
Police said the 73-year-old woman was found unresponsive at the scene of the fire in the 11000 block of South Avenue N.
Chicago police said one woman was taken to St. Bernard Hospital for smoke inhalation.
Investigators say arson caused the fire at an apartment complex in Greater Grand Crossing early Tuesday morning.
A barbecue restaurant was heavily damaged in a fire Saturday afternoon in the Edgewater neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago.
Since the fire, there has been no service at the University Park or Richton Park stops, and there likely will not be until Friday morning.
Police said 14 people safely escaped the building, and no injuries were reported.
