Blaze Burns Through Forest View Recycling Facility
Firefighters spent several hours overnight battling huge flames at a southwest suburban recycling plant.
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Firefighters spent several hours overnight battling huge flames at a southwest suburban recycling plant.
Someone poured a flammable material on a small bonfire in the 1800 block of Marci Court, while several people were standing around the fire pit.
The fire started around 9:15 a.m. on the third floor of a 3-story building near Spaulding and Bryn Mawr.
There's no word on what started a fire in Waukegan that left more than 100 people without a home.
Members of the Environmental Protection Agency are testing for pollution in the water.
Two people escaped a fire Wednesday afternoon at a home in the Park Manor neighborhood, and firefighters rescued a cat.
Approximately 200 firefighters battled the flames at a historic building on Jewelers Row overnight, and helped rescue two people trapped inside.
Authorities say a man has died in custody while awaiting trial on murder charges in a 2016 Chicago apartment building fire that killed three children and an adult.
A fire broke out at a multi-unit apartment building on Chicago's West Side.
The fire started around 3 p.m. on the balcony on the 34th floor at 545 N. Dearborn St., according to the Fire Department.
"I think she saved the house. She saved me, possibly saved my dog."
Firefighters put out the flames quickly but the blaze smoldered for another three hours.
The fire started shortly after 5 a.m. at a two-flat near Richmond and Walton streets.
Chicago Fire Department investigators confirm several propane tanks exploded.
Two people were killed, and two others were injured in a house fire in the South Austin neighborhood Thursday morning.
The fire started around 6:15 a.m. in a vacant building near 70th and May streets.
Investigators don't yet know the cause of the blaze.
Gary police said 33-year-old Kristen Gober left her three children home alone on March 24 while she spent the night drinking at a neighbor's apartment.
When his apartment filled with smoke, 8-year-old Monty Spencer quickly went to the window to shout for help. Moments later, he jumped four stories to safety, escaping a blaze that killed two neighbor children in Gary, Indiana, on Sunday.
One person was hospitalized with injuries and they may have been inside the house when the fire broke out.
Fire Department officials said there were flames on all three floors of the building in the 2400 block of West Gunnison Street.
A man in his 70s was found dead after firefighters put out a garage fire Monday morning in the LeClaire Courts neighborhood.
At least two people were injured, one of them critically, in an apartment fire Friday morning in the East Side neighborhood.
"Firefighter Michael Manchester had medical emergency where he went down and he was unconscious."
The fire started around 3 a.m. in a two-story apartment building behind a storefront near Chicago and Lockwood avenues.
