ROCKTON, Ill. (WLS) -- A massive fire at a Rockton, Illinois Chemtool plant continues to burn for a second day Tuesday. The massive chemical plant went up in flames around 7 a.m. Monday and ...

An explosion caused a large fire to break out early Monday morning at a Chemtool Inc. lubricant manufacturing plant in northern Illinois, prompting evacuations and leaving the future of the facility ...

ROCKTON — The huge black plume of smoke rising from the Chemtool fire that hung over the homes on Watts Avenue and other parts of the village is long gone. So too are the out-of-town news helicopters ...

As a massive fire continues to burn at Chemtool in Rockton, officials revealed what the purpose of the northern Illinois plant is. According to Bill Snyder, vice president of operations at parent ...

ROCKFORD, ILL (WREX) -- Homeowners of the Chemtool industrial fire in Rockton have reached a preliminary settlement totaling $94.5 million. Many were forced to evacuate their homes or shelter in place ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. ROCKTON, Ill. (WTVO) — Rockton Fire Chief ...

The massive fire at the Chemtool plant in Rockton, Illinois, continued to burn for a second day on Tuesday, as authorities laid out a plan to suppress the blaze that is consuming half a million ...

ROCKTON — Crews from the South Beloit Fire Department were second behind Rockton firefighters to attack the massive June 14 Chemtool fire. Rockton firefighters already had a hose line deployed and ...

ROCKTON, Ill. — More than a year after a six-alarm fire destroyed much of a northern Illinois chemical plant, we now know exactly what burned. The Chemtool, Inc. plant in Rockton burned for over a ...

ROCKTON — Officials lifted the one-mile evacuation order surrounding the Chemtool plant Friday morning. Air, land and water testing will continue, area leaders announced at a news conference. "I'm ...