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An evacuation order remains in place Wednesday as an effort continues to suppress the chemical plant fire in Rockton, Illinois and avoid the risk of risk of chemical runoff spilling into the nearby Rock River.
"Yeah, it was an interesting way to start the day."
A blanket of foam coating covered what was left of a chemical plant in Rockton, Illinois on Tuesday – a day after a massive fire broke out there.
Authorities have issued a mandatory evacuation order for people who live near the scene of an explosion and large industrial fire in Rockton, Illinois, near the Wisconsin border.
Chicago Fire Department officials said flames were coming from the rear porch on the first floor of a two-story home at 3402 S. Western Av., and had spread to a neighboring building.
A woman died Friday morning in a house fire in Englewood, which left six other people temporarily homeless.
A fire broke out Tuesday evening in a three-story apartment building in South Shore.
A fire broke out Tuesday afternoon at a house in west suburban Cicero.
Two 14-year-old boys stood charged Monday in a huge fire that destroyed the building that once housed the Just for Fun Roller Rink in McHenry.
An explosion in a garage sent flames towering into the sky in Hainesville in Lake County, Illinois, Sunday night.
A fire damaged five homes in west suburban Stone Park on Sunday.
Massive flames severely damaged a beloved roller rink in McHenry.
Two people were rushed to the hospital from the scene of a fire in the Norwood Park West neighborhood Thursday afternoon.
One man was injured when flames and smoke consumed one home in Roseland Wednesday night, and spread to another.
The fire started in a 6th floor unit of the Edith Spurlock Sampson Apartments at 2640 N. Sheffield Av., according to the Chicago Fire Department.
A full evacuation of the facility was conducted, and no injuries were reported.
A fire caused a traffic issue at a busy intersection in Old Irving Park.
Flames ripped through a home in West Englewood early Saturday morning.
A man was found dead in a house fire in the West Garfield Park neighborhood Friday night.
The cat jumped from the fifth floor of a six-story apartment building at 65th Street and Lowe Avenue as a fire was burning there Thursday afternoon.
A cat landed safely and walked away after jumping from the fifth-story window of a burning building in Englewood on Thursday.
Firefighters put out a fire at a vacant building in Englewood early Thursday morning.
One person is dead and another was injured in a fire that broke out late Wednesday in an East Chatham neighborhood apartment building.
The Chicago Fire Department responded to the fire in a brick two-flat near 118th and Union around 1:20 p.m.
A man was rescued from a fire that broke out at a senior high rise apartment building in Uptown.
