Fire

One dead following Sunday house fire in rural Sterling.

The Joliet Fire Department responded to a structure fire Monday afternoon and were met with heavy black smoke coming from a two-story home.

Firefighters discovered a body Monday at the scene of a fire that broke out Sunday afternoon in rural Sterling, Whiteside County Sheriff John Booker has confirmed.

Sterling and Rock Falls firefighters and CGH EMS were called to 5500 Mill Street in Emerson around 3:15 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, for a reported structure fire with flames and smoke visible.

Investigators on Monday continue the search for a possible victim of a fire that broke out Sunday at 5500 Mill Street in rural Sterling.

Emails and videos of burned buildings in Los Angeles versus those still standing have been flying back and forth among architects, builders and fire safety specialists around the world

Area firefighters respond to a house fire Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, at 5500 Mill St. in Emerson. More details to come.

Nobody was injured but 18 acres of land were burned in a Huntley-area brush fire Friday afternoon.

Crews were cleaning up debris Thursday after demolishing a portion of the apartment building at 1024 W. Hillcrest Drive in DeKalb. The structure was ravaged by fire Dec. 22 and condemned.

Dixon City firefighters were dispatched at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday to 841 Sproul St. for a reported light on fire.

A beefed-up firefighting force is staged around Los Angeles to attack flare-ups or new blazes

Firefighters are preparing for a return of dangerous winds that could again stoke the wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 24 people in the Los Angeles area

A residential garage in Joliet sustained fire damage on Friday. No one was injured, according to the Joliet Fire Department.

Some Los Angeles area residents have begun returning to their still smoldering neighborhoods to search for memories even as the threat of new fires persists

Firefighters responded to a structure fire on Friday in the 2500 bock of East 1569th Road (Covel Bluff Lane) in Ottawa. The fire was upgraded to the second alarm. Firefighters from Oglesby, Utica, Grand Ridge, Marseilles, Tonica and others assisted with the fire.

The playoff game will be played Monday night at State Farm Stadium, the home of the Arizona Cardinals, in suburban Glendale, Arizona

More evacuations are underway across Los Angeles as another fire has broken out

Massive wildfires burning in the Los Angeles area have filled the air with a thick cloud of smoke and ash, prompting air quality advisories

A wildfire whipped up by extreme winds is sweeping through a Los Angeles hillside dotted with celebrity residences

The Lockport Township Fire Protection District responded Friday night to a house fire in the 1600 block of Sunflower Court in Romeoville. Residents were able to get out safely.

A Dec. 31, 1948, Herald-News story that showed flames roaring through the roof of St. Stephen’s Hungarian Chapel at the corner of Collins Street at Irving Street and estimated the damage at $100,000.

One unit of a duplex home in Joliet suffered heavy fire, smoke and water damage Monday evening.

The home Ann Loitz, 93, of Beecher was destroyed by fire on Dec. 12. She and her husband raised their four children in the house where she has lived for more than 60 years.

Ann Loitz in Beecher is lucky to be alive after a mid-December fire destroyed her single-story home

The Joliet Fire Department responded to a fire in the 1100 block of Anthram Avenue Sunday evening. No injuries were reported.

Sterling and Rock Falls' fire departments are teaming up to host a fire safety awareness event at Sterling’s Northland Mall on Saturday, Jan. 11.

An earlier Tuesday morning fire caused an estimated $75,000 in damages to two Kankakee homes

A Polo police officer carried an elderly man from inside the home to safety Tuesday morning during a fire at 611 N. Division St.

Lockport Township Fire Protection District extinguished a fire in unincorporated Plainfield on Dec. 14.

The cause of a Thursday morning fire at the Four Lakes residential complex near Lisle remains under investigation, authorities said.

The National Fire Protection Association said U.S. fire departments respond to an estimated average of 853 home structure fires per year that began with holiday decorations, excluding Christmas trees,

Multiple departments responded to a reported structural fire Thursday evening at a Dixon home.

Elgin Fire Department responded to a structure fire Wednesday at a homless encampment near North State and Kimball streets.

Joliet police officers and firefighters responded to the 10 block of Union Street Wednesday evening. Two attached residences were damaged.

No injuries were reported in a Joliet fire at an encampment where homeless people gather.

Last year, the Red Cross responded to over 74,000 disasters across the nation, with 93% of them being fire-related. According to the Red Cross, home fire responses are 30% higher during cold months.

No one was injured in a car fire Thursday morning in Woodstock, Woodstock Fire/Rescue District spokesman Alex Vucha said.

Fire damaged a Sterling apartment building Tuesday night, causing three people to suffer smoke inhalation symptoms and two cats to be resuscitated.

A fire at Tuesday evening at a Huntley home was contained to the chimney, Huntley Fire Protection District officials said, leading them to remind residents to have their fireplaces cleaned as recommended by the manufacturer.

An apartment fire was extinguished with minimal damage and no injuries early Tuesday morning after LTFPD was called to the scene.

Douglas "Dougie" Webster loved art and people, his sister said. The Woodstock man, who died following a fire Tuesday at his apartment complex, has three pieces in the permanent art collection at McHenry County College.

Mt. Morris Village Board members on Tuesday selected a company to demolish the second downtown building destroyed in a fire six months ago.

Woodstock firefighters and police assisted residents Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, the day after a fire at an apartment building on St. John’s Road left one man dead, two in the hospital and more than 30 residents displaced.

A fire caused an estimated $100,000 in damage Tuesday afternoon to a four-unit townhouse in the 100 block of South Concord Drive in Oswego.

A fire Tuesday night in Woodstock left one man dead, three in the hospital and more than 30 residents displaced, a Woodstock fire spokesman said.

A fire Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in the 700 block of St. John’s Road in Woodstock left one man dead, two in the hospital and more than 30 residents displaced, Woodstock Fire/Rescue District officials said.

The Joliet Fire Department responded to a house fire in the 800 block of Woods Avenue just past 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

People from around Grundy County are working to provide donations for the family of Bill and Alex Tabler, who passed away in a fire early Sunday morning.

The cause of a fire early Tuesday at McHenry manufacturer Chroma Color Corporation remains unknown, McHenry Township Fire Protection District officials said.

Due to the smoke plume, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency will be monitoring air quality and will follow up with a report through the EPA.