By 2:30 a.m., when Fire Commissioner Robert Quinn arrived, he upgraded it to a five-alarm fire. Eighteen minutes later, ... By January 1971, a new McCormick Place had arisen.

The original McCormick Place burned almost to the ground on January 16, 1967, only six years and two months after it opened. The giant $40-million structure on the lakefront, possibly the world`s ...

Attendees to this year's NFPA Conference at McCormick Place will learn about the fire that destroyed the facility in 1967. Every day, members of the fire service are called upon to protect ...