The Chicago Fire Department, in partnership with the IIT Black Student Union, put on the panel discussion called "Rising Through the Heat: Black Voices in Firefighting and Paramedics." ...

A train apparently derailed early Monday morning on the CTA Green Line, forcing passengers to evacuate near 63rd Street and Normal Avenue in the city’s Englewood neighborhood. CTA ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two people are hospitalized and several cats died in a Southwest Side house fire Tuesday, Chicago fire ...

according to Chicago Fire Department spokesperson Larry Langford. Residents at the two homes, which sustained “significant damage,” were able to safely escape, Chicago police and fire ...

A retired Chicago firefighter who was honored by the state for the lives he saved during his 30-year career is now in desperate need of a kidney.

The Chicago Fire Department was dispatched to the 5200 block of South Rockwell near 52nd Street on the report of a two-story fire just before 11 a.m. Two people, a man and a woman, were rescued ...

“He asked me what I wanted to do with my life. He told me to take the test for the Chicago Fire Department,” said Singleton. “Every time I would ask a question, he would repeatedly say take ...

Residents escaped unharmed, but a firefighter may have been injured, though the Chicago Fire Department has not yet confirmed. The cause of the fire remains unknown, and officials continue to ...

The North Chicago Fire Department responded around 10:21 p.m. Wednesday to the 3100 block of 22nd Place for a report of a structure fire. North Chicago Fire Chief John Umek said a neighbor called 911 ...

(This story was updated with more information from fire officials and to finalize containment figures.) Fire crews responded to a brush fire Monday night near Auto Center Drive in Ventura.

The South Haven Fire Department received word around 10 a.m. of the fire in the bathroom of the school at 331 Midway Drive, according to Assistant Fire Chief Jordan Bucy. The building was cleared ...