Extreme cold has settled on the Chicago area, making the job of firefighting harder than usual. Just such an example of such challenges came up Tuesday afternoon in the Pilsen neighborhood, where a fire broke out in a duplex house and sent a man to the hospital in critical condition.

Just before 9 p.m., Firefighters battled heavy flames and issues with frozen hydrants at the building in the 1600 block of West Cullerton Street. Six people escaped from their burning homes safely. The American Red Cross is working to assist the displaced residents during the extreme cold.

Several members of the Chicago Fire Department falsified reports and misled investigators after a high-ranking department member was found slumped over a steering wheel in 2022, says a report from

Inspector General Deborah Witzburg’s office pushed the Chicago Fire Department to fire three people involved in a cover-up. The department imposed far lighter discipline. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Multiple apartment units were destroyed in a building fire on Monday, according to the Chicago Fire Department. The fire happened around noon at 1951 E 73rd Place in the city's South Shore neighborhood, officials said. Fire officials said the fire extended to all three floors of the apartment building.

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An elderly woman died in a house fire at her residence in New Chicago on Wednesday evening.  Firefighters encountered difficulties accessing the burning building. NEW CHICAGO - An elderly woman died in a fire that engulfed her home Wednesday evening in New Chicago,

outlines an alleged cover-up involving a high-ranking member of the Chicago Fire Department. According to the OIG report, CFD members falsified a report, made misrepresentations to Chicago police ...

One person was hospitalized after a fire broke out at a house on the city's Southwest Side on Tuesday afternoon, the Chicago Fire Department said.

Chicago Fire Department boats battle the blaze that destroyed McCormick Place in January 1967. More than 500 firefighters were called to the scene as flames spread throughout the structure. (Luigi Mendicino/Chicago Tribune) Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 16, according to the Tribune’s archives.

New questions are being raised about whether the City of Los Angeles and its fire department did enough to prepare in the days ahead of the deadly Palisades Fire.

A double stabbing in the South Loop left one man dead and another seriously injured Sunday night, according to Chicago police.