VIDEO: More than 100 people were displaced and six people including a firefighter were hospitalized after a massive fire engulfed an apartment complex overnight in West Chicago. According to authorities, fire officials responded to the 28-unit suburban apartment complex, located on Burr Oaks Drive, at approximately 1 a.m. When crews arrived, they saw two balconies on fire and one unit overtaken by flames, fire officials said. West Chicago District Fire Chief Patrick Tanner said crews immediately went into rescue mode as some residents, including a pregnant woman, were trapped and forced to jump. "There were people that jumped out of the second floor," Tanner said. "I didn't see it, but we did get some ladders up and rescued people from the second and third floor." Tanner added that crews had to cut power and water to the building in order to safely fight the fire.  

VIDEO: A fire broke out at one of the apartments in a west suburban independent living center Wednesday afternoon, officials said. There was a large response in the 1100 block of Iroquois Drive in Naperville from emergency personnel, firefighters, police and paramedics from Naperville and surrounding towns. The apartment complex houses a number of people with disabilities who have limited mobility. There are multiple wheelchair-bound people who live there. The Naperville Fire Department chief told ABC7 the first alarm came around 2 p.m. There was smoke coming from the second floor of the end of the building. Officials immediately called a box alarm for both fire and ambulance. They did help rescue one person from a second-floor unit. Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish it when they arrived.  

VIDEO: Newly obtained video shows the moments state troopers arrived on the scene of a fiery bus crash on I-70 in Licking County earlier this month. Body camera footage shows Ohio State Highway Troopers arriving on the scene to find the charter bus, which 55 people were on, in flames. The trooper runs onto the bus with a fire extinguisher. "Is anyone there!?" the trooper yells out onto the bus as flames can be seen. The trooper runs off the bus as the smoke intensifies. "What about the driver is there anyone in there?" the trooper asks a man who replies he isn't sure. "(Lancaster Fire Department) got one of the guys out of the SUV we're still trying to figure out if there's one kind on the bus," the trooper said. "We checked it ... couldn't find it."  

VIDEO: It was a historic moment that captivated hundreds in Paterson, N.J., as Alejandro Alicea became the city's first Hispanic Fire Chief. "It's just an honor for me and I am humbled by the appointment," said Alicea. As Puerto Rican flags waved in the halls of the Paterson Fire Headquarters, the longtime firefighter stood tall and stoic as he accepted his newest challenge. "Our culture has come a long way, our people have come a long way," said Alicea. "But we have Puerto Ricans and Hispanics in general in every facet of every agency throughout this city. I'm just in a long line of Puerto Ricans and Hispanics to fulfill another position with honor." Born and raised in Paterson, N.J., Chief Alicea is a veteran of the National Guard and became a firefighter shortly before 9/11.  

VIDEO: Fire hose damage by vehicles disrupted firefighting efforts Tuesday and crews could not save a house, Wesley Chapel Fire Dept. said. "At some point during that process, a vehicle ran over the fire hose," said Fire Chief Steven McLendon. "They went to turn the fire hydrant on and they noticed the hose had been damaged." The agency said the fire hose damage was not an isolated incident in the area, stating they've had several fires where people have driven over the fire hose. Wesley Chapel and Waxhaw fire departments responded to Tuesday's house fire in the area of Cuthbertson and New Town roads. "The entire thing was just engulfed in flames," neighbor William Woodall recalled. After finding no one inside the house during a search, firefighting efforts began despite there being no nearby fire hydrants.  

VIDEO: Howard County Executive Calvin Ball on Wednesday announced that the County's Department of Fire and Rescue Services' (HCDFRS) Waterloo Fire Station has been awarded LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). This achievement is underscored by the integration of eco-friendly elements, including reflective concrete, low-flow water appliances, a geothermal system for HVAC, energy efficient boilers, EV charging stations and rooftop solar panels. The station's key environmental features include renewable energy for 49 percent of the building's energy use, a reduction of indoor water usage by 46 percent and an energy cost savings of 60 percent. Home to more than 20 DFRS career personnel across three shifts and a Howard County Police Department satellite office, construction of the Waterloo Fire Station began in the summer of 2020 and was completed in October 2022.