Dense smoke rolls from Our Lady of the Angels grade school at 909 N. Avers Ave. on Dec. 1, 1958, in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. Parents watch as firefighters battle a fire and pull ...

We pulled up near the southeast corner of Our Lady of the Angels School, a two-story, U-shaped building with a brick exterior and wood-lathe and plaster interior, built in 1910. The second floor ...

On Dec. 1, 1958, a fire consumed Our Lady of the Angels grade school on the West Side of Chicago, killing 92 children and three nuns. A wire story from that day captured a fragment of the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new set of sprinklers was unveiled Wednesday at the site of the Our Lady of Angels School fire, where 92 students and three nuns were killed in 1958. The tragedy occurred on ...

There were four fire extinguishers in the north wing of the school, where the fire occurred, but they were mounted high off the floor and unreachable by most students Sources: Our Lady of Angels ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — Sixty-five years ago Friday ...

Friday marked 65 years since the fire at the Our Lady of the Angels Catholic School, at 909 N. Avers Ave. in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. The tragedy Dec. 1, 1958, claimed the lives of 92 ...

Historian Jim Gibbons, in partnership with the Hoffman Estates Commission for Senior Citizens, will share a presentation on the Our Lady of the Angels School fire at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1.

Donation Options Search Search Search In this Dec. 1, 1958, file photo, firefighters battle the blaze at Our Lady of the Angels School. 92 children and three teachers were killed. AP Share Sixty ...