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.

Neighbors who lived within a 3-mile radius of the June 14, 2021, Chemtool industrial fire in Rockton have reached a $94.5 million preliminary settlement with the company. Neighbors, homeowners and ...

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 ...

People who lived within three miles of Chemtool in 2021 when the industrial building caught fire and exploded, have until Sept. 12 to file a claim for a portion of a $94.5 million class action ...

ROCKTON—The owners of the Chemtool plant in Rockton, which was destroyed by a fire that lasted several days in June of 2021, is facing a new court order to clean up the site of the lubricant plant.

ROCKTON, Ill. — Two years ago, residents in the Rockton area stared in wonder at the huge plume of smoke rising over the horizon as fire engine sirens wailed in the distance. On June 14, 2021, ...

ROCKTON—Jeremy Oster awoke the morning of June 14, 2021 as his wife told him to go outside. What greeted him was a startling sight he would not soon forget. “There were pieces of black debris 5 inches ...

The fire on June 14, 2021, at the Chemtool lubricant plant was like none most of the firefighters on scene had ever seen before. But, despite the plant being totally destroyed and area residents ...