The smell of smoke permeated the downtown area as the fire burned, and was even noticeable in the CBS Chicago newsroom, a couple of blocks away at 22 W. Washington St. The Fire Department said the ...

Sara Tenenbaum is the Senior Digital Producer for CBS News Chicago ... took a moment to walk single file into the funeral home to pay respects to the Meyers — and their own Fire Department ...

Here's the good news: Eamonn Walker is returning to Chicago Fire as Wallace Boden in this week's episode. But here's the bad news: Boden's return is bad news for Firehouse 51.

Fall 1871: Chicago is a tinderbox ... They saw the fire and smoke before them, but could not believe that the city, with their means of livelihood, had been swept away during that night." ...