Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An explosion and fire at a chemical plant in Cicero, Illinois, sent thick smoke into the air on Wednesday afternoon, but officials ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A chemical was burning, and one silo was clearly torched as fire crews tried keeping it from jumping to other silos at the plant.

ELMHURST, IL – Authorities have identified the man who died last week in an explosion on Interstate 290. The man was Jorge Vaca, 47, of Cicero, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.