Fire departments

The Peoria Fire Department says a Tuesday night fire that consumed a vacant home in the North Valley was set intentionally.

Matthew Wigginton ran unopposed for the position of mayor in April’s municipal election, making the move after just one four-year term on the village board.

An overnight fire at the Peoria Pizza Works restaurant on Prospect Road needed response from multiple agencies.

The Village of Peoria Heights has a new appointee leading the fire department after the village board declined to renew the contract of Chief Dan Decker.

A woman and a dog are dead after a fire in a rural structure fire in Spring Bay.

The federal agency that oversees workplace safety is proposing an update to the standards that govern fire departments. For volunteer and hybrid fire staffs in the Peoria area, the new standards could be costly and time-consuming.

Two animals are dead and four people displaced after a house fire Saturday afternoon in Peoria.

The Peoria Fire Department is urging people to follow fire safety tips during the holiday season.

Peoria Heights Mayor Mike Phelan had hoped to appoint a new fire chief during Tuesday night’s village board meeting, but that process is now on hold.

The McClugage bridge is reopened after briefly closing due to a fire Tuesday afternoon.