Woman Killed In Apartment Fire In South Shore
The fire started around 8 p.m. in a 3-story apartment building near 76th and Essex.
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The fire started around 8 p.m. in a 3-story apartment building near 76th and Essex.
Janet Barnstable, 78, was known around the world as an educator, connecting hundreds of classrooms in 23 different countries.
A person was injured in a fire late Thursday at an apartment building in west suburban St. Charles.
A mayday call went out while firefighters were responding to a fire in a 3-story apartment building at 43rd and King.
The fire started around 8:20 a.m. at Salvation and Deliverance Ministries International at 1540 N. Spaulding Av.
A fire protection system spared five Northwestern students from a dryer-fire in their residence last Monday, according to the Evanston Fire Department.
At 9:19 p.m., firefighters responded to a call of people trapped in a burning building in the 5600 block of South Damen, according to Chicago Fire and Police Departments.
Chicago firefighters rescued a woman during a fast-spreading extra-alarm fire Monday night in the Grand Crossing neighborhood.
The officers responded to a fire about 10:15 p.m. Monday in the 3800 block of North Fremont, according to Chicago Police.
Firefighters first responded to a still and box fire about 8:50 p.m. at 7130 South Chicago Avenue , according to Chicago Fire Media.
A truck repair shop collapsed early Monday in the Austin neighborhood, after a fire set off a couple minor explosions.
A factory building collapsed in a fire early Monday on the West Side.
Dramatic video released by the CTA shows the suspect who tried to set a train car on fire back in January.
At 12:41 a.m., fire crews responded to the two-alarm blaze at a two-story building in the 2900 block of West 63rd Street, according to a tweet from Chicago Fire Media Affairs. The building consists of an unused first-floor storefront and apartments on the second floor.
Two police officers suffered minor injuries when they rushed into the building to help other people get out, and one other man was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation.
Around 3:15 a.m., the Fire Department responded to a blaze at a two-story apartment building near Pulaski and Wilcox.
The extra-alarm blaze started around 1:30 a.m. at a 16-unit apartment building near 67th and Park.
Four Chicago police officers were hailed as heroes for helping rescue a family from an "intense" fire early Monday, but in the eyes of their wives, they were "crazy to run in a burning building."
Shortly after midnight, the officers were on patrol in the 3900 block of West Congress Parkway, when they saw a two-story brownstone on fire.
The Red Cross is providing emergency services to everyone.
Officials said the fire started in an electrical panel in the basement. Firefighters found light smoke in the basement, and up to the main entrance.
No one was injured when a fire broke out early Wednesday at Roberto Clemente High School in the West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood.
Firefighters believe one or both victims were disabled. Crews found a handicap license plate at the scene, as well as a walker near the woman's body.
A man died and a woman was taken to the hospital for observation, after they were trapped by a fire Friday morning at an apartment building in the Chatham neighborhood.
The 72-year-old was trapped on the second floor of a house. He was unresponsive until fire crews performed CPR.
