Fire at vacant motel in north Chicago suburbs may have been intentional
It took firefighters about five hours to get control of the flames and smoke at the vacant Ramada Inn in Waukegan.
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It took firefighters about five hours to get control of the flames and smoke at the vacant Ramada Inn in Waukegan.
It is unclear if anyone was hurt and what caused the fire.
Crews were seen working to put out the blaze from both the roof and inside of the building.
Police said the fire was accidental and started in the basement.
A resident reported a fire inside a bedroom that was upgraded to a two-alarm by arriving companies after seeing a large amount of smoke while en route, fire officials said.
Chicago fire investigators have not said what ignited, but did determine the fire was accidental.
Chicago food truck owner John Nguyen had just needed to pass a health inspection for his new restaurant, Lunchbox, at 1535 W. Devon Ave. before the fire happened.
Chopper 2 was over the scene in the 900 block of Cornwallis Lane where extensive damage to the home was visible.
An autopsy will be performed on Tuesday after the boy died in the fire in Munster.
A tragic scene in Munster, Indiana, where a young child died in a house fire.
Chicago fire officials said it started around 3 a.m. at a one-and-a-half-story home at 64th and Carpenter and spread to a neighboring house.
A man and his 83-year-old mother lost more than 50 years of memories and precious items as the fire ravaged their home.
The family in the house on Christiana Avenue in Avondale, where the fire was believed to have started, said they lost everything. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
It appeared that the fire might have spread up into the roof.
Smoke was pouring out of the second floor of the building, but the smoke level decreased in volume as firefighters battled the blaze in Blue Island. Kris Habermehl reports from Chopper 2.
Flames burned through the coach house, and it appeared that about half the roof was gone once the fire was out.
John and Tanya Nguyen were almost all ready to open the new Lunchbox location on Devon Avenue when it caught fire Wednesday night. CBS 2's Lauren Victory reports.
The fire broke out in a coach house at 5106 W. Chicago Ave., near LeClaire Avenue. Kris Habermehl reports from Chopper 2.
Lunchbox on Devon Avenue in Edgewater was set only for a health inspection when a fire broke out there Wednesday night. CBS 2's Lauren Victory reports.
Illinois State Police said a driver slammed into the toll plaza on the Barrington Road exit ramp in the westbound lanes of Interstate 90 around 4:30 a.m.
The house where the fire started ended up collapsing.
One apartment house ended up collapsing, and the fire spread to two others on West 16th Street. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
A dog was killed in the fire. All of the residents made it out safely.
The Western Fire Chiefs Association put together the report, which says Maui firefighters risked their lives in a valiant effort to stop the spread of the flames. The fires killed 101 people in the historic town of Lahaina.
The spire of Copenhagen's old stock exchange collapsed on the roof.
