Falling Glass From Loop High-Rise Causes Street Closure
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Falling glass from a high-rise apartment building, possibly broken by high winds, forced the closure of a block in the Loop on Wednesday.
Dearborn Street between Washington and Randolph was closed to traffic as firefighters worked to clean up the glass from an apartment window at Marquee At Block 37, 25 W. Randolph.
Later, police also closed Randoph Street.
It was not immediately clear if high winds caused the glass to break.
The high-rise is one of the newer residences in the Loop.
CPD, CFD shutting down Dearborn/Washington: Broken glass falling from high rise building at 25 W. Randolph.
— John Dodge (@dodgerman) March 8, 2017
There was no word on whether anybody was injured by the glass.
Wind gusts of up to 60 miles an hour were reported on Wednesday.
Wind gusts as high as 60 mph across nrn IL and nw IN. Winds will cont thru aftn. #ilwx #inwx pic.twitter.com/iifhjUlg4s
— NWS Chicago (@NWSChicago) March 8, 2017