11-Year-Old Girl Calls 911 When Neighbor's Home Catches Fire
An 11-year-old girl knew exactly what to do when she saw her neighbor's home on fire early Thursday.
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An 11-year-old girl knew exactly what to do when she saw her neighbor's home on fire early Thursday.
Actress Mary McCormack posted a video of the car stopped at the side of the road with flames and smoke coming from underneath it.
A heroic pit bull in California is being credited with saving a woman and her baby after a fire broke out at their apartment.
Margaret Reed, 44, has been charged with two felony counts of murder and one felony count of aggravated arson.
Businesses shuttered as owners fled, memories still fresh of Sunday's blast, which left at least 75 people dead and 192 missing.
The fire started around 6:15 a.m. at an apartment complex at Ridge Drive and Normal Road.
As firefighters attacked the flames from the ground and the roof, they learned a 79-year-old man was trapped inside on the second floor.
The Chicago Fire Department says the fire started around 5:20 a.m. Tuesday on the back porch of the four-story apartment building near Clark and Touhy.
The fire started around 5:20 a.m. on the rear porches of a four-story apartment building near Clark and Touhy.
Officials called in a 2-11 alarm to bring in extra firefighters due to the heat. About 125 firefighters in all responded to the scene.
The fire started around 10:20 a.m. in a 2 ½-story apartment building in the 2900 block of North Kedzie Avenue. The flames eventually spread to two neighboring coach houses.
Chicago Fire officials are on the scene of a fire in the 6100 block of North Hoyne in Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood.
Company officials said they believe a valve malfunctioned, triggering the explosion and fire.
The Kankakee County Coroner's office said an autopsy determined Anthony Spitzig, of Manteno, had been shot in the head.
Firefighters said a solar panel on the roof caught fire.
Lightning was a big problem for firefighters Saturday evening. In Geneva there was a house fire started by a lightning strike.
Firefighters say a propane tank exploded causing the tent to catch fire.
Because of the location of the transformer and its proximity to the Red Line, travel to and from the Sheridan stop was halted.
The landlord kicked down a door after hearing screams from a man and woman trapped inside.
A Chicago police sergeant was in critical condition Wednesday morning, after suffering smoke inhalation injuries while trying to rescue a disabled woman who also was severely injured in a house fire in the South Chicago neighborhood.
Police and firefighters saved seven dogs when a breeder's garage caught fire Tuesday afternoon in Porter County.
A huge fire in the Little Village neighborhood sent two people to the hospital, and damaged at least three homes early Wednesday morning.
Two Chicago police sergeants rescued a woman, and firefighters rescued her daughter, who uses a wheelchair, from a house fire in the South Chicago neighborhood early Wednesday. One of the sergeants was critically injured.
The fire started around 3 a.m. Tuesday at a three-story apartment building at the corner of Monroe and Kildare.
Heavy flames and smoke were billowing out of a pallet yard on Chicago's South side Monday night.
