Families, Friends Of Fallen Firefighters Try To Cope With Loss
Updated 12/23/2010 at 9:30 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – There is a wave of support tonight for the families of two fallen Chicago firefighters. On Thursday, the firefighters’ bodies were moved from the medical...
View ArticleUPDATE: Funeral Service Held For Firefighter Ankum
Hundreds of colleagues and friends pay tribute to the husband and father, who perished along with a peer during a Dec. 22 fire.
View ArticleEntire Metrodome Roof Must Be Replaced
The collapse of the Metrodome’s roof a week before the Chicago Bears were set to play the Minnesota Vikings became an instant YouTube classic. Now it appears the Metrodome will need an entire new roof....
View Article3 Firefighters Hurt After Roof Collapses In Gary, Ind.
GARY, Ind. (CBS) — Three firefighters were hurt in Gary, Ind., on Tuesday when the ceiling of a burning building collapsed on them. The injuries were not life-threatening, but the firefighters were...
View ArticleMinnesota Governor, Vikings Owners Talk New Stadium
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton said Friday he met privately with Minnesota Vikings owners Zygi and Mark Wilf to discuss state funding of a new football stadium, and that he hoped a site would...
View ArticleTwin Cities Suburb To Build New Stadium For Vikings
ARDEN HILLS, Minn. (AP) Officials in a Twin Cities suburb said Tuesday they have reached an agreement with the Minnesota Vikings to lure the NFL team away from their longtime home in Minneapolis with a...
View ArticleAll Goes Well As Metrodome’s Roof Is Inflated
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have a roof over their helmets once again. Seven months after the Metrodome’s Teflon-coated fiberglass ceiling collapsed in a snowstorm, forcing the Vikings to...
View ArticleChildren Of Fallen Firefighter Sue Owners Of Building That Collapsed
CHICAGO (CBS) — The children of one of two firefighters killed last year when the roof of an abandoned building collapsed last year have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the building’s owners....
View ArticleNo Injuries In West Town Roof Collapse
CHICAGO (STMW) — No one was injured Sunday when the roof of a warehouse partially collapsed in the West Town neighborhood on the North Side. The roof of a building partially collapsed shortly before 4...
View ArticleGresham Building To Be Torn Down After Partial Collapse Hurts 4
Updated 01/31/12 – 9:50 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — A landmark building in the Gresham neighborhood was being torn down Tuesday night, after part of the building collapsed earlier in the day, injuring four...
View ArticleStorms Flood Streets, Send Bricks Showering From Evanston Church
UPDATED 05/04/12 11:25 a.m. EVANSTON, Ill. (CBS) — A round of heavy spring storms caused serious damage in some areas overnight, including the collapse of a façade at a church in downtown Evanston that...
View ArticleMan Injured In Building Collapse In West Pullman
CHICAGO (CBS) — Firefighters rescued a man who was trapped when a building collapsed in the West Pullman neighborhood Monday morning. According to the Chicago Fire Department, the man was working in a...
View ArticleRoof Collapses At South Suburban Clothing Store
EVERGREEN PARK, Ill. (CBS) – A retail employee had a close shave Saturday when the roof of a clothing store caved in, moments after she left the building. By Saturday afternoon, the Casual Male store...
View Article2 Firefighters Hurt In Auburn Gresham Blaze
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two firefighters were injured early Tuesday when a porch roof collapsed as they were battling an extra-alarm blaze in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood. The fire started shortly before 4...
View ArticleBanquet Hall Roof Collapses During Snowstorm
The roof of the Baby Ballroom at Café La Cave in Des Plaines collapsed on March 6, 2013, apparently due to the weight of several inches of snow from overnight, combined with snow from previous storms...
View ArticleExtra-Alarm Blaze Destroys Bronzeville Commercial Strip
CHICAGO (CBS) — Firefighters spent nearly five hours extinguishing the flames of an extra-alarm fire in Bronzeville overnight. CBS 2’s Susanna Song reports crews remained on the scene early Tuesday,...
View ArticleWoman Injured When Roof Collapses
(CBS)—A Chicago woman was critically injured Thursday when a roof collapsed on her during storms that hammered the region. Fire officials say the incident occurred in the 1100 block of North Ashland...
View ArticleRoof Of Suburban Burger King Collapses During Fire
BERWYN, Ill. (STMW) — A fire collapsed the roof of a west suburban Burger King restaurant Wednesday morning. The manager of the fast-food restaurant at 3441 S. Harlem Av. in Berwyn called 911 a few...
View ArticleExtra-Alarm Blaze Guts Lake Forest Mansion
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (CBS) — An extra alarm fire totaled a north suburban mansion overnight, causing an estimated $3 million to $4 million in damage. Lake Forest Fire Department Deputy Chief Kevin Issel...
View ArticleStore Roof Collapses In Extra-Alarm Blaze On South Side
CHICAGO (STMW) — A firefighter was hurt while battling an extra-alarm fire that damaged adjoining cell phone and dollar stores on the South Side early Friday. Flames and heavy smoke were already...
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