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Bus engulfed in flames on Eisenhower Expressway

Bus catches fire on Eisenhower Expressway
Bus catches fire on Eisenhower Expressway 00:25

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Fire and smoke consumed a bus on the Eisenhower Expressway early Sunday near the Jane Byrne Interchange.

Illinois State Police said a small bus caught fire shortly before 2 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 290 near Halsted Street, near the UIC-Halsted Blue Line station.

Police and firefighters blocked at least three lanes of traffic as firefighters worked to extinguish the fire.

All lanes reopened by 2:45 a.m. after the fire was out.

No injuries were reported. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire.

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