Fire engulfed an apartment building, the former Beardstown Hotel, Sunday night. Fire chief Brian Becker was among those injured.

Those inside the mobile home at the time were able to get out before firefighters arrived, according to a Beardstown Volunteer Fire Department report.

BEARDSTOWN — Cooking oil was responsible for a small house fire last week, according to Beardstown Fire Department. Firefighters were called around 7:30 p.m. May 14 to the 200 block of West ...

BEARDSTOWN, Ill. (WAND) - Four people were injured in an apartment fire in Beardstown, including three firefighters according to the Beardstown police department.

A fire late Monday evening destroyed a swine confinement area in rural Beardstown. The building in the 6300 block of Pilger Lane was heavily involved when crews arrived, said Beardstown fire chief ...

Mr. JIM BRAZEL (ph) (Chief Paramedic, Beardstown Fire Department): Okay, wake up. (unintelligible). LUDDEN: At a local firehouse, ambulance chief Jim Brazel doesn't have a single full time staffer ...

Divers from the Buckheart and Copperas Creek fire departments in Fulton County aided the search, as did rescuers from Mason County. The Beardstown Volunteer Fire Department oversaw the operation.

BEARDSTOWN, Ill. (AP) - A 7-year-old central Illinois girl has died in a fire. The Jacksonville Journal-Courier reports (https://bit.ly/1vGmZAS) that the Sangamon County coroner says Chloe ...

The site where the older boy was found was almost within sight of the sandbar where both children last were seen, according to the Beardstown Volunteer Fire Department.

BEARDSTOWN, Ill. (WAND) - Beardstown's fire chief was one of the people injured in a Sunday night apartment building fire.