More than a decade after first raising alarms that the Chicago Fire Department wasn't properly tracking how quickly help was arriving on fire and medical emergency calls, the city's top watchdog has ...

Firefighters were called to the elevated Damen platform around 6:10 a.m. The Chicago Fire Department said the man suffered ...

CHICAGO - A large house fire on Chicago’s South Side drew a massive emergency response Friday evening. The fire broke out shortly after 5 p.m. at a home near 82nd Street and Lafayette Avenue. Chicago ...

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CHICAGO — Emergency crews are on the scene of a fire that erupted at a home on the city’s Southwest Side early Tuesday morning. The blaze appeared to have broken out at a home near the intersection of ...

CHICAGO - Two Chicago firefighters were hospitalized after battling a blaze at an abandoned building on the city's South Side late Friday night. What we know Emergency crews were called to the scene ...