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.

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,

NBC's three One Chicago shows are coming together for the first time in five years on Jan. 29 The first One Chicago crossover event in five years is finally here — and it looks, well, terrifying! In an exclusive first look at the Jan.

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 ...

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.

In her latest report, she says Chicago Fire Department members falsified reports as a "professional courtesy." "Chicago has a decades-long, generations-long arc of mistrust and distrust in city ...

An attic fire in a home in Chicago's Belmont Cragin neighborhood left six people displaced Thursday night, according to officials

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

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.

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