Tatiana Moore said she took her eye off the stove for a moment, and then flames filled her kitchen and quickly spread.

Fall 1871: Chicago is a tinderbox ... a storekeeper near the fire pulls the hook on one of the city's new fire-alarm boxes, but it fails to work. Just before 10pm, seven fire companies arrive ...

The fire was elevated to a 3-11 alarm, which meant at least 12 engines, four trucks, two tower ladders, and approximately 125 firefighters responded. Chicago firefighters battled an extra-alarm ...

Chicago Fire Media Share Several residents and their pets were displaced early Monday after an extra-alarm blaze spread to at least two homes, causing “extensive damage” in Portage Park on the ...

A resident says a cooking accident caused an extra-alarm fire that tore through an apartment building, displacing at least a ...