A chemical fire at Chemtool Inc. in Rockton north of Rockford that generated a plume of smoke large enough to be seen on weather radar continued to burn for a second day Tuesday, causing continued ...

ROCKTON, Ill. — Emergency crews remain on the scene of a massive fire at a chemical plant in Rockton, Illinois. The fire started around 7 a.m. Monday at Chemtool Incorporated, located at 1165 ...

ROCKTON, Ill. — Multiple fire departments are responding to a fire at a manufacturing plant in northern Illinois, just south of the Illinois-Wisconsin stateline. A fire was reported around 7 a.m ...

Residents near a chemical manufacturing plant in Rockton, Illinois can return home, after an evacuation order surrounding the fire has been lifted. The fire first broke out 7 a.m. on Monday ...

Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ROCKTON, Ill. — Fire continues to rage from a Rockton-area chemical plant, spewing heavy black smoke into the air.

The fire started just after 7 a.m. Monday at the plant and quickly spread, with hundreds of firefighters and dozens of fire companies participating in trying to bring the blaze under control.