Food truck catches fire under CTA Brown Line; service back to normal
CHICAGO (CBS) – CTA Brown Line service is back to normal after a food truck caught fire underneath the tracks at the Western stop Sunday morning.
The fire caused service to be suspended just before 5 a.m. between Kimball and Belmont due to track conditions and resulted in major delays.
Chicago police said around 2:15 a.m. officers responded to a fire that happened underneath the tracks in the 4600 block of North Western Avenue. Fire crews arrived and extinguished the blaze. The truck was a total loss.
According to Ald. Matt Martin (47th), a food truck caught fire while parked underneath the tracks.
No Injuries were reported.
The tracks sustained electrical and structural damage as a result.
The Office of Fire Investigation was on the scene to inspect the cause of the fire.
