Building tied to Great Chicago Fire in danger of being demolished Credit: WGN News CHICAGO (WGN) – Thursday, Oct. 8 marks the 155th anniversary of the start of the Great Chicago Fire… Story continues TRENDING NOW Caitlin Clark Releases Debut Children’s Book Inspired by Her Iowa Childhood Home November 4, 2026 Southern California family reunites with beloved dog after he went missing 7 years ago November 4, 2026 Kentucky Retirement Home Caregiver, 41, Arrested After Allegedly Recording Man, 92, Suffocating His Wife Instead of Intervening November 4, 2026 Watch: Michigan First Responders Help Trapped Buck Escape Inground Pool November 4, 2026 Outrage as Massachusetts pizzeria charges $3 for people to use their bathroom November 4, 2026 LATEST LOCAL NEWS Memorial’s West Lake campus to close Man jailed on unrelated killing charged in 2022 Rockford murder Nearly 1,200 parking workers go on strike in Chicagoland ‘I didn’t see anybody else doing anything’: Champaign man confronts pair of carjackers The largest free drive-thru holiday light show in Northern Illinois returns this month