The Palisades Fire in California has burned nearly 16,000 acres, or 25 square miles. In comparison, the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 spanned just 2,124 acres, or 3.3 square miles. Ongoing California ...

The flames did not stop until they reached Fullerton Avenue. It of course became known as the Great Chicago Fire. Firsthand accounts of the fire were colorful and horrific. This paragraph is from ...

Dry, gusty conditions in Northeastern Illinois led the National Weather Service to issue a fire weather watch for the entire ...

The fires raging around Los Angeles bring to mind another devastating U.S. fire that killed more than a thousand people on ...

The Great Michigan Fire, also with an unconfirmed death toll, is believed to have claimed more than 500 lives, according to ...

Besides burning the most urban area, the Eaton and Palisades fires are the largest ever for California in January. Alexandra ...

In the era when American cities regularly caught fire, the widespread destruction seeded what looks, in retrospect, like ...

These six American fires led to change: political, legislative and geographic. Those tragedies helped shape the evolving ...

Over time, her alleged role in the Great Fire passes into legend. In 1997 the Chicago City Council will pass a resolution that finally absolves Mrs. O'Leary of any wrongdoing. More About the ...

Share As published in the Chicago Daily News ... muslin curtains hanging near the stage of the Iroquois Theater caught fire during a matinee attended by mainly women and children.

When it's winter in Chicago, even the river needs a plow. The city entrusts the experts at the Chicago Fire Department to ...