Multiple homes destroyed in Buffalo Grove fire
Strong winds fueled a fire that destroyed several homes Saturday afternoon in northwest suburban Buffalo Grove, Illinois.
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Strong winds fueled a fire that destroyed several homes Saturday afternoon in northwest suburban Buffalo Grove, Illinois.
Neighbors in the North Lawndale neighborhood in Chicago are shocked and confounded by what appears to be a grisly crime. A man was found dead inside a house that might have been set on fire intentionally Friday night. Sources said his body was partially dismembered.
As firefighters worked to douse the flames, they encountered challenges due to the explosive materials inside the plant.
Firefighters were seen battling the blaze from both the front and back yards.
One person was injured in the fire in an apartment house on Oakley Avenue.
A massive fire destroyed a magnesium plant overnight in Chicago's south suburbs.
Police and firefighters responded to the fire shortly after 1:45 a.m. in a two-story home in the 600 block of North Springfield Avenue.
A man jumped out of a window to escape a burning home early Thursday in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.
The Mundelein deputy fire chief says getting into the home was tough and part of the townhouse's second floor collapsed.
It took more than a dozen fire departments to fight and contain the brush fire, which officials said most likely started with an unattended burn pile.
As firefighters were putting out the fire, the car's gas tank exploded.
One person was killed Monday evening in a fiery crash in Woodstock, Illinois.
Cicero police said Anthony Avila-Puebla was seen carrying multiple jugs of a flammable liquid into the building before the blast.
Firefighters got the fire under control in about 30 minutes.
The fire broke out early Tuesday afternoon in the three-story building at 3309 S. Michigan Ave.
It was not clear late Tuesday how the fire started.
Quick thinking by a deputy got a Macomb County family's dog away from potential danger after a house fire began.
Officials said the extensive heat and smoke damage throughout the residence displaced them.
One tenant said they've had a lot of electrical problems in the building, but firefighters said the cause of the fire is still under investigation
Dozens of people were left homeless after firefighters spent hours battling a stubborn blaze on Saturday in Justice, Illinois.
Mattresses and furniture inside — along with the cold air blasting in from outside — made for an especially dangerous situation.
One firefighter was briefly unaccounted for as mattresses and furniture fueled the extra-alarm blaze. Jermont Terry reports.
When firefighters and police arrived, a person was trapped on the second floor of the house.
Rescue crews found a body hours after the fire started in the house on Redwing Court.
Firefighters as of just after 4 p.m., were still battling hot spots in the attic space of the house. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
