The city’s hopes for a glitzy benefit premiere of Backdraft, Universal Pictures’ $40 million summer picture about Chicago fire fighters, appear to be going up in flames. With $20 million of its ...

During a hellish chemical plant fire, Stephen (Kurt Russell) and Brian (William Baldwin) face the ultimate betrayal when they ...

Stephen "Bull" McCaffrey (Kurt Russell) proves why he's a legend, braving a lethal inferno without a mask to pull a trapped ...

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Dec. 10--Chicago firefighters were tasked with an emotional assignment in the South Loop on Wednesday: Trying to save a historic former fire station from being destroyed in an extra-alarm fire. "It's ...

Donald S. Rimgale was a Chicago firefighter and fire investigator who inspired the character played by Robert De Niro in “Backdraft,” the 1991 movie set and filmed in Chicago. “He was really just ...

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Sequel mania is coming even to modestly received 1991 blockbusters whose biggest claim to fame is getting a sweaty, soot-covered Kurt Russell to don a firefighter suit. The film is tentatively titled ...

A neighbor’s video catches a backdraft engulfing Chicago firefighters at 4851 S. Paulina St. It was one of those small fires that firefighters face every day. But even the smallest blaze can turn on ...