CHICAGO - A large house fire broke out early this morning in the Portage Park neighborhood, damaging two homes but leaving no injuries. What we know Firefighters responded to the blaze around 4:45 ...

The extra-alarm ... fire department called for more equipment and trucks. Heavy smoke caused many residents to want to get out of the building. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the ...

A fire truck is parked outside the Pines of Edgewater in the 5400 block of North Kenmore in Edgewater after members of the Chicago Fire Department extinguished a blaze Thursday. Pat Nabong/Sun ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two people were killed and at least four other people were injured in an apartment fire Sunday on the city's South Side. The fire happened at an apartment near East 46th Street ...

Fall 1871: Chicago is a tinderbox ... Meanwhile a storekeeper near the fire pulls the hook on one of the city's new fire-alarm boxes, but it fails to work. Just before 10pm, seven fire companies ...