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The Glass Fire in Napa and Sonoma Counties has burned more than 36,000 acres in Northern California.

A west suburban police officer is credited for saving the life of a teenager who was stuck inside a burning townhouse in Lisle late Tuesday. Officer Bill Wise, a 21-year veteran of the Lisle Police Department, said it was one of the most intense situations he’s ever experienced on the job. “I just was lucky to be there, you...

A 21-year veteran police officer is credited with saving the life of a teenager who was trapped in a burning home in Lisle The officer tells his story to NBC 5’s Chris Coffey.

A fire inside a high-rise building near Chicago’s Loop Tuesday morning left multiple people hospitalized and at least one pet dead, fire authorities said. Susan Carlson reports.

A fire inside a high-rise building near Chicago’s Loop Tuesday morning left multiple people hospitalized and at least one pet dead, fire authorities said. The extra-alarm blaze broke out just after 12 a.m. on the 32nd floor of a building in the 400 block of East Randolph Street in the city’s New Eastside neighborhood, according to fire officials. The...

White smoke is still rising from the smoldering wreckage of Beirut’s port hours after firefighters said they were able to bring a huge fire under control

Stunned residents of a small Oregon town are getting their first look at the devastation from one of the state’s many wildfires after flames wiped out much of their community

Wildfires are raging unchecked throughout California, and authorities say gusty winds could drive flames with new ferocity.

Fire has again struck Greece’s notoriously overcrowded refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, a day after a blaze swept through the camp and left thousands in need of emergency shelter

Downed power lines caused a fire south of Seattle on Monday. Drone video shows the destruction of at least eight homes.

Firefighters rescued residents with ladders as flames shot into the air during a blaze at a Chicago apartment. NBC 5’s Sandra Torres reports.

Video of a fire at a Harlem high-rise building showed a woman clinging to her window as she walked on the ledge to escape the smoke, and firefighters’ daring rescue to save her

Consumer reporter Chris Chmura has helpful advice if you’re a homeowner affected by the North Bay wildfire.

A chemical plant in Southwest Louisiana caught fire Thursday morning after Hurricane Laura passed through the area.

Aerial footage in Santa Cruz County shows some of the devastation from the CZU Lightning Complex Fire. The fire has destroyed more than 200 homes and structures.

An extra-alarm fire at an apartment complex in Glendale Heights left at least two people dead, multiple others, including a juvenile and several first responders, were injured and several others displaced, authorities said. Firefighters were seen battling a blaze at a building at the Waters Edge Condominiums in the 100 block of Dunteman, one of several apartment buildings located in…

Firefighters in Denver say five people have been found dead in a house fire that authorities suspect was intentionally set

Fire crews are battling a fire after a train derailment and bridge collapse in Tempe, Arizona.

Two children jumped from a window into the arms of residents to escape a fire in Grenoble, France.

French officials have launched an arson inquiry after a fire broke out in a Gothic cathedral in the western French city of Nantes