Across centuries and continents, formidable fires once threatened to destroy three major cities: Rome, London and Chicago.

8, 1871, a fire broke out in or near a barn ... It of course became known as the Great Chicago Fire. Firsthand accounts of the fire were colorful and horrific. This paragraph is from an account ...

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

Fall 1871: Chicago is a tinderbox ... interested to pick up large cinders about our house... We learned of the great fire that had occurred the night before... It was a wonder that these huge ...

The company will operate as The Chicago Title Land Trust Company doing business as the Land Trust Company during a ...

There are numerous attractions in Chicago, including museums, architecture, parks, and iconic food that can keep visitors ...

State Farm Insurance is not the bad guy for canceling policies before the LA fires. If anyone is to blame for that, it's California.

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

The most devastating wildfire in Los Angeles history continues to burn, evoking comparisons to The Great Chicago Fire that decimated the Windy City more than 150 years ago. According to Los ...