fatal fire

The blaze was caused by a space heater — and made catastrophically worse because the door to the unit where it erupted was left open. Hallways were turned to dark, ash-choked horrors.

One woman died in a fire in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood, which was the second fatal fire on the city’s South Side Friday night, according to officials.

Partnering with the Chicago Fire Department, Home Depot is offering smoke detectors for 99 cents this weekend in an effort to protect residents.

Fire Chief John Petrakis of the Channahon Fire Protection District discusses the fatal fire that claimed the lives of two people in suburban Minooka early this Valentine’s Day.

A new law could impact what happens in a criminal case that has gripped San Diego: Two young children, killed in a fire, after their father – who had allegedly been drinking – fell asleep in their home with a lit cigarette in his mouth.

A 12-year-old girl was found dead and four other people were injured after an extra-alarm fire broke out in a home late Friday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side, fire officials said.

Two men died in a suspicious fire in the Southwest Side Garfield Ridge neighborhood Saturday morning.

Crews were called to the home on Magnolia Avenue and Catalpa Road at about 3:20 a.m Wednesday.