Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Winnebago County State’s Attorney J. Hanley announced Monday an interim and preliminary injunction order in their lawsuit against Chemtool, Inc. The order, ...

ROCKTON (WREX) — Multiple departments were called to handle a large fire Monday morning at a manufacturing plant in Rockton. Information is limited at this time but a call came in just after 7 a.m.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The burnt remains of the Chemtool plant as seen from railroad tracks Sunday, June 5, 2022, near homes on Watts Avenue in Rockton.

One firefighter was injured in the blaze, which authorities said will likely burn for several days Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

ROCKTON, Ill. (WREX) — Emergency crews are battling a massive fire at a northern Illinois chemical plant that exploded into flames. The Monday morning explosion that sent huge plumes of thick black ...