Car catches fire on Kennedy Expressway
A car has caught fire on the inbound Kennedy Expressway in the local lanes near Division Street.
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A car has caught fire on the inbound Kennedy Expressway in the local lanes near Division Street.
A car fire shut down lanes on the Dan Ryan Expressway on Tuesday morning.
Chicago police say a man driving a black sedan was rear-ended near 78th and Belmont by an 81-year-old woman driving a gray SUV. The woman turned onto Orange Avenue, where her SUV then caught on fire.
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.
