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10th Child Dies After Chicago Fire

The deadliest residential fire in years in Chicago claimed its tenth and final victim on Tuesday, as a 14-year-old boy who barely survived the blaze died at a hospital. Although authorities initially believed that two of the people killed by …

Official Says Fireworks, Cigarettes May Have Caused Deadly Chicago Blaze

Investigators seeking the cause of Chicago’s deadliest fire in well over a decade were searching the porch area where the blaze started for evidence of fireworks, cigarettes or other smoking materials, a fire official said. Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford …

Largest Chicago Apartment Fire in Years Kills 8

Eight people, including six children, were killed when a fire broke out before dawn Sunday at a Chicago apartment in one of the deadliest fires in the nation’s third-largest city in years, officials say. Two other people were hospitalized in …

Officials: Landlord May Face Citations after Ohio Fire Kills 4

Authorities have identified the two adults and two girls killed in a fire at a home in Ohio that apparently lacked smoke detectors, and they’re considering whether the rental property’s owner should be cited. Firefighters say an Akron ordinance requires …