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An extra-alarm fire broke out at an apartment building in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood early Tuesday morning.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A two-alarm fire Saturday at Touro Hospital forced the evacuation of the entire facility, including 14 babies from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, fire officials said. The New ...

NEW ORLEANS — Dozens were evacuated, including 14 NICU babies at Touro Hospital Saturday afternoon after a kitchen fire inside the building triggered a two-alarm fire response. Touro Hospital plans to ...

The fire was so intense that the fire department called a 3-11 alarm, sending 12 fire engines, four fire trucks, two tower ladders, and about 125 firefighters to fight the blaze.

A two-alarm fire that began in a kitchen forced an evacuation of a Touro Infirmary building Saturday afternoon, the New Orleans Fire Department said. The fire began just before 2 p.m. in Building A, ...