It took more than a dozen fire departments to fight and contain the brush fire, which officials said most likely started with an unattended burn pile.

Nearly 10 acres of prairie caught fire Thursday afternoon after contractors lost control of a controlled burn amid strong ...

More than a dozen fire companies had to battle a raging brush fire in rural McHenry County overnight. According to officials with the Nunda Rural Fire Protection District, firefighters were dispatched ...

EPA monitors and company officials were in Dixmoor Thursday after a fire destroyed Chicago Magnesium Casting on South Seeley ...

Severe winds and storms overnight left a trail of damage across the Chicago area and in parts of ... and in northwest suburban Elgin, fire crews responded to multiple storm-related calls after ...

The National Weather Service confirmed at least four tornadoes formed across the Chicago area overnight, including an EF-1 tornado in Cedar Lake, Indiana. High winds ripped off the roof of a ...

Firefighters battled a massive brush fire near McHenry, Illinois northwest of Chicago early Tuesday morning — as flames reached 20 feet and rapidly spread across 10 acres. It took more than a ...