Firefighters spent hours battling the flames at a 3-story apartment building in the 10500 block of Brooks Lane.

CHICAGO (CBS) — Fire crews responded to a house fire Saturday morning in the South Chicago neighborhood. Flames and smoke were seen pouring from the home near 83rd and Brandon Avenue around 7 a.m. Firefighters were able to douse the flames. The roof was left charred, and part of it caved in.

After 12 seasons, Chicago Fire is still burning on. But that doesn’t mean the show hasn’t had its fair share of farewells from some of its most beloved characters. Today, Collider reviews a few of the characters who left the show and why.

CHICAGO RIDGE, Ill. (WLS) -- A fire broke out just before 5 p.m. Saturday at an apartment complex in the south suburbs. The apartment complex is located near 106th Street and Oak Park Avenue un Chicago Ridge.

CHICAGO RIDGE, Ill. – Residents of a Chicago Ridge apartment are displaced after a large fire ripped through the building. The fire happened Saturday evening near 105th Street and Brooks Lane. Smoke was seen billowing out of the three-story building.

Extreme cold has settled on the Chicago area, making the job of firefighting harder than usual. Just such an example of such challenges came up Tuesday afternoon in the Pilsen neighborhood, where a fire broke out in a duplex house and sent a man to the hospital in critical condition.

Two fires broke out over the weekend at apartments in Chicago suburbs, with one in Chicago Ridge and the other in Cicero, according to officials. Both fires have left residents displaced. Firefighters were dispatched around 5 p.

Firefighters spent hours battling a building fire at an apartment complex on Saturday evening in south suburban Chicago Ridge.

An apartment building fire in suburban Cicero has displaced residents in a half-dozen units, fire officials say.

The 49-year-old actor joined his two other neighbors and backed Sierra-Leyva onto the yard of one of the houses where they seized the blowtorch and firebug.

Actor Brian J. White explained how training for on-screen roles helped him to detain an illegal immigrant on his neighbor's property who was allegedly threatening to use a blowtorch in LA fire zone.

NBC's long-running procedural Chicago Fire has witnessed a lot of cast exits from the show throughout the year, but they will always remain a special part of the franchise.