Inspector General Deborah Witzburg’s office pushed CFD to fire three people involved in the cover-up and place them on the city’s do-not-hire list, but the department imposed far lighter discipline.

Several members of the Chicago Fire Department falsified reports and misled investigators after a high-ranking department member was found slumped over the steering wheel over a vehicle in 2022, according to a new report from the city’s Office of Inspector General.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A fire ripped through a house in the South Shore neighborhood Tuesday evening. The fire broke out in the house at 6721 S. Cregier Ave., within the Jackson Park Highlands historic district. The Chicago Fire Department called a still-and-box alarm for additional equipment and manpower.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Chicago Fire Department was accused in a new report by the city's Office of the Inspector General's office of covering up for a high-ranking supervisor who was found asleep behind the wheel. This happened back on May 29, 2022.

The fire began sometime before 6 a.m. in the 2900 block of West 63rd Street, Chicago Fire Department officials posted on X, formally known as Twitter.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A person was critically injured from a fire on the Northwest Side Wednesday morning, Chicago police said. Police officers responded at about 12:52 a.m. to the 2300-block of North Meade Avenue with firefighters on the scene fighting a fire.

An attic fire in a home in Chicago's Belmont Cragin neighborhood left six people displaced Thursday night, according to officials