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Fire on Southbound CTA Red Line Train Near 87th, Chicago IL

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87th, 15 W 87th St, Chicago, IL 60620

A fire broke out on a southbound CTA Red Line train near 87th. The train cars caught fire and passengers were being evacuated. Firefighters requested police assistance for traffic control at the scene.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 08
01:50
Transcript:
00:00
Innocence, 6, I'm getting a fire near 87th on the Red Line. CTA called in and sent the southbound train cars on fire.
00:06
They don't know the car number, but they're currently evacuating the train.
00:09
Got no further.
00:15
413.
00:17
413.
00:20
Good morning, Ms. Carl. Just to let you know we aren't attracted a wagon tonight.
00:26
413. Good morning, since then, forth.
00:28
422, Travisout, 106, Torrance.
00:32
422, Traverseout, 106, and Torrance, therefore.
00:48
Yeah, let's clean his board up a little bit. That EMS call you got on near 86th Street,
00:51
looks like the ambulance relocated him. You can go ahead and code that and do that to them.
00:56
The trespass on near 95th Street, can you give them a call back? That guy still sitting behind the KFC and not wanting to leave us.
01:03
If he's gone, go ahead and code that too.
01:06
10-4, thank you. For the unison six, we're now getting a plan over at near 87th in the red line.
01:12
The caller states, they're still attempting to,
01:17
Get the train put out. It's on fire. The CTA train is on fire.
01:23
The CTA train is on fire.
01:26
About 23 midnight.
01:29
4.03 midnight.
01:31
Okay,
01:32
can you hold it from full on? You learn.
01:34
Okay.
01:41
And fire is asking for help from CPD on near 87th Red Line. They need help with traffic control.
01:46
They have a bunch of ambulances and trucks out there. It needs to help with traffic control.

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Location mentioned:
87th, 15 W 87th St, Chicago, IL 60620
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Incident Timeline

  1. Investigation into Cause
  2. Incident De-escalation
  3. Traffic Control Implemented
  4. Police Units Dispatched
  5. Request for Police Assistance
  6. Ongoing Fire and Evacuation
  7. Initial Report of Train Fire

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