Extreme cold has settled on the Chicago area, making the job of firefighting harder than usual. Just such an example of such challenges came up Tuesday afternoon in the Pilsen neighborhood, where a fire broke out in a duplex house and sent a man to the hospital in critical condition.

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Just before 9 p.m., Firefighters battled heavy flames and issues with frozen hydrants at the building in the 1600 block of West Cullerton Street. Six people escaped from their burning homes safely. The American Red Cross is working to assist the displaced residents during the extreme cold.

NEW CHICAGO, Ind. (WLS) -- A woman was killed in a house fire in Northwest Indiana, according to officials. The fire happened at 425 McKinley Avenue at about 8 p.m. on Wednesday, officials said. When New Chicago firefighters arrived to the house, officials said it was fully engulfed and they had some trouble accessing the house.

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A quickly-expanding wildfire broke out in the mountains north of Los Angeles Wednesday, leading to evacuation orders for thousands as the blaze consumed over 8,000 acres of mostly dry vegetation.

NBC's long-running procedural Chicago Fire has had many cast exits, but Jimmy Nicholas' Chief Evan Hawkins' time was very short on the show.

The 49-year-old actor joined his two other neighbors and backed Sierra-Leyva onto the yard of one of the houses where they seized the blowtorch and firebug.

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One person was hospitalized after a fire broke out at a house on the city's Southwest Side on Tuesday afternoon, the Chicago Fire Department said.

Actor Brian J. White explained how training for on-screen roles helped him to detain an illegal immigrant on his neighbor's property who was allegedly threatening to use a blowtorch in LA fire zone.

Miranda's co-stars Joe Minoso, Hanako Greensmith and Daniel Kyri all also appeared in the video. Joe, who plays Firefighter Joe Cruz shared that Miranda "is 100% herself all the time and I think a lot of that energy and that effervescence is what Miranda brings to Kidd".