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‘Chicago Fire’ Finally Reveals Van Meter’s Fate — Plus, Will Stellaride Be OK?

Van Meter wakes from a coma after an arson fire; Severide and Kidd reconcile amid personal and family challenges at Firehouse 51.

  • On Wednesday, January 21, Van Meter wakes and extubates himself in the hospital, and he is described as stable with improving condition.
  • Caught during the arson investigation, Van Meter and Kelly Severide were injured; Severide pulled back from hospital visits after his daughter Carrie arrived.
  • Kidd and Kelly Severide finally talk, kiss and hold each other, reconnecting after Kidd opens up about fostering, losing the baby, and Isaiah's departure.
  • Station personnel changes leave firehouse 51's routines disrupted and morale tested as Herrmann struggles to accept that Mouch and the engine won't return quickly.
  • Kidd's frank admission about needing to be vulnerable together points to deeper relationship arcs, as Van Meter keeps a wedding photo and Carrie, Severide's daughter, recalls her dad making school lunches with drawings.
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‘Chicago Fire’ Finally Reveals Van Meter’s Fate — Plus, Will Stellaride Be OK?

Herrmann also struggles without Mouch.

·Cherokee County, United States
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KULR-TV broke the news in Billings, United States on Thursday, January 22, 2026.
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