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CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. — Two fires destroyed six homes and displaced nine people in Chicago Heights overnight. The fires started just after 11 p.m. Tuesday near 15th Street and Lowe Avenue.
The police officers and firefighter were responding to reports of a truck fire in Arlington Heights, about 25 miles northwest of downtown Chicago, around 4 p.m. Friday and assessing the scene ...
Around 9 pm, a group of mostly peaceful protesters were marching in downtown Chicago, and the crowd entered Lake Shore Drive, heading northbound before exiting. [31] Also at about 9 pm, a fire at a shopping strip near 47th was put out. [26] Around 10:50 pm, on the 4200 west block of Van Buren Street, an 18-year-old woman was fatally shot in the ...
The Iroquois Theatre fire was a catastrophic building fire in Chicago, Illinois, that broke out on December 30, 1903, during a performance attended by 1,700 people. The fire caused 602 deaths and 250 non-fatal injuries. [1]
The fire followed an explosion of undetermined cause in the Universal hangar. [10] The Chicago area, featuring Chicago Midway and O'Hare International Airports. In 1931, a new passenger terminal opened at 62nd St; [9] the following year the airport claimed to be the "World's Busiest" with over 100,846 passengers on 60,947 flights. [11]
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The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9 km 2 ) of the city including over 17,000 structures, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless. [ 3 ]
A large fire destroyed the historic Morrison Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, a vacant building that had been used by homeless people. More than 100 firefighters responded to the scene, rescuing ...