Car fire rages on Edens Expressway ramp at Touhy Avenue
Illinois State Police and the Skokie Fire Department responded to the scene.
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Illinois State Police and the Skokie Fire Department responded to the scene.
No one was injured but a driver was cited when a car went up in flames after crashing into parked vehicles in South Chicago Tuesday morning.
Video from the scene showed the car fully engulfed in flames with smoke billowing from it.
Video from the scene showed the car fully engulfed in flames with smoke billowing from it in the outbound lanes near Kedzie Avenue around 3 a.m.
The fire happened after a two-vehicle crash on the top of the bridge just past the point at which the Tri-State (I-294) crosses La Grange Road. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
A car fire has halted traffic on northbound DuSable Lake Shore Drive near Grant Park during the Friday afternoon rush.
A car fire has halted traffic on northbound DuSable Lake Shore Drive near Grant Park during the Friday afternoon rush.
Northbrook police said the Willow Festival shopping center has been closed indefinitely because of a vehicle fire Thursday.
The cause of the engine fire remains under investigation.
Chicago firefighters worked to put out flames at Ray's Auto Sale and Service on 95th Street around 12:30 a.m.
An Audi had rear-ended a Buick, and the Buick rolled over and caught fire.
Around 1:45 a.m., a 25-year-old man was walking on the sidewalk near Morgan and Fulton Market when someone got out of a Ford SUV and tried to rob him with a gun.
Crews shut down all lanes on the southbound side while they worked to get it under control.
Witnesses told police they tried to help get the victim out, but the flames were too intense.
The car burned in the street at St. Louis and Wabansia avenues.
Flammable items such as fuel were in the trailer, prompting a hazmat response for the fire.
A Chicago police vehicle burst into flames in Pilsen Thursday morning. It happened on Union near 17th Street.
Arriving deputies located a Chevrolet Silverado that had caught fire.
The driver and one other passenger escaped with minor injuries.
Firefighters appear to have extinguished the car fire on the Drive near Roscoe Street. Chopper 2 is overhead.
Police said the woman crashed into the dumpster after someone from another car fired shots at her.
It happened in the 10700 block of S. Green St. around 1:49 a.m.
Firefighters used foam to put out the stubborn fire. Kris Habermehl reports from Chopper 2.
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Fire crews responded to a car on fire on the Dan Ryan Expressway Thursday night.
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Google announced that it had begun rolling out changes to how its maps display Lake Ontario's name, after President Trump signed an executive order changing it to "Lake America."
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Possible measles exposures have been reported at a high school in Maple Park, Illinois, and a pediatric clinic in South Elgin, Kane County health officials said.
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Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
More than 100 Black-owned businesses were showcased at Soldier Field Sunday for Black on the Block.
A Wisconsin prosecutor says he will not file election bribery charges against billionaire Elon Musk even though the state's bipartisan elections commission said he likely broke state law.
An expert blames Illinois lawmakers and "internecine political problems" for the failure to seal a deal for a new stadium within the state for the Chicago Bears.
Real estate investment and development firm Concord Capital has acquired nine apartment buildings on Elaine Place, a single-block residential street in Chicago's East Lakeview community.
The Chicago Plan Commission voted Thursday to approve a plan to redevelop Ford City Mall into an industrial complex, despite objections from some neighbors.
The Met's decision to highlight the work by designer John Galliano sparked widespread controversy due to his history of antisemitic and racist comments.
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