At least one person was killed and one injured during an explosion and fire at a petroleum plant in Lemont, Illinois on Tuesday morning. Law enforcement officials are urging people to avoid the area around the Seneca Petroleum, calling the explosion and…
A firefighter died Wednesday after being critically injured while battling a blaze in a high-rise building on Chicago's North Side, authorities said. Lt. Jan Tchoryk, 55, “went down” on the stairs on the building's 11th floor, Fire Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt…
Chicago authorities said one person has died and eight others were taken to hospitals Wednesday as firefighters responded to a high-rise apartment building fire on the city’s South Side, battling flames that leaped up 10 floors as snow fell. Chicago…
Eight people were hospitalized after an explosion occurred inside a four-story apartment building in Chicago in the city's South Austin neighborhood Tuesday morning, according to the Chicago Fire Department. "This is a confirmed explosion but source of explosion not known,"…