CFD

The city insisted the lottery is not being weighted by race.

Fire Commissioner Jose Santiago testified before City Council budget hearings.

But the fire union president said a compromise could be reached before the upcoming firefighter exam.

The Chicago Fire Department said 12 of the 16 deaths could have been prevented by smoke alarms.

A federal report criticized the Chicago Fire Department in the death of Capt. Herbert Johnson a year ago.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said legal woes halted Fire Department hires, but police OT was a deliberate decision.

Fire Commissioner Jose Santiago called the inspector general's audit on response times "inaccurate."

The 11-month-old girl and 49-year-old woman died in a fire in the 6700 block of South Emerald Avenue.

The house fire started about 1:40 a.m. Saturday and quickly engulfed two floors in a 3-story building.

Jeffrey Goggins, 32, was found dead in the Chicago River shortly after midnight Friday.

The blaze started about 7 p.m. Saturday when spilled gasoline ignited with a broken light.

A man's body was found Thursday in a Bridgeport home that was gutted in a fire nearly four months ago.

Police are investigating claims that the 38-year-old was intentionally run down early Monday.

A woman is in custody after attacking the women Monday afternoon, police said.

Medical examiners said the person was strangled to death before firefighters found it burning.