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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Larry Langford, Director of Media Affairs for the Chicago Fire Department, has retired after 25 years. There was a big sendoff Thursday. Langford has had a lot of memorable moments on ...

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CHICAGO — A Chicago firefighter was injured while crews battled an apartment fire in frigid conditions overnight in Humboldt Park on the city’s Northwest Side. According to Chicago Fire Department ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A woman was hospitalized in serious condition after a fire broke out at a Northwest Side home on Saturday morning, officials said. Chicago police said its officers and Chicago Fire ...

A Chicago firefighter was injured during a two-alarm house fire on Sunday afternoon in the city's Hegewisch neighborhood, prompting a mayday call. The fire was reported before 4:15 p.m. at a residence ...

A city “scarred and shaped by fire” is inviting more of the same by inspecting over a 12-month period just 17% of the buildings in its database for fire code violations and failing to maintain an ...