RANTOUL, Ill. (WCIA) — More than 20 firefighting units were called to the former Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul after a fire started in one of the abandoned buildings. The 3-alarm call went ...

Smoke billows from windows of an abandoned building on Arends Boulevard in Rantoul on Tuesday. Crews from numerous departments battle a fire on the grounds of the former Chanute Air Force Base ...

Charred piles of mattresses, burned brick and busted windows are what's left of a vacant building on the former Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul following a fire on Tuesday.

Village of Rantoul Fire highlights trouble with absentee landlords of vacant buildings on former base By DAVE HINTON [email protected] May 22, 2025 Buy Now ...