A fire broke out at the old main Post Office in the West Loop on Tuesday. | Chicago Fire Department photo
No injuries were reported in a blaze Tuesday morning at the Old Main Post Office in the Loop.
The extra-alarm blaze was reported about 10:15 a.m. on multiple floors of the vacant building at 433 W. Harrison, according to the Chicago Fire Department. No injuries were reported.
No traffic was being allowed on I-290 east of the interchange because of reports of glass falling on the pavement, according to Illinois State Police.
The Fire Department announced at 11:35 a.m. that the fire had been extinguished.
The city announced in July that a deal had been approved to begin a five-year, $500 million renovation on the building, which had sat vacant since 1995.
Smoke from a fire at the old main Post Office can be seen in this image from an Illinois Department of Transportation traffic camera. | IDOT
The Eisenhower Expressway was closed after an extra-alarm fire broke out at the Old Post Office building Tuesday Nov. 22, 2016. | Santiago Covarrubias/Sun-Times
Windows of the at the Old Post Office building after an extra-alarm fire broke out Tuesday Nov. 22, 2016. | Santiago Covarrubias/Sun-Times
A Chicago firefighter works at the Old Post Office building after an extra-alarm fire broke out Tuesday Nov. 22, 2016. | Santiago Covarrubias/Sun-Times
An extra-alarm fire broke out at the Old Post Office building Tuesday Nov. 22, 2016. | Santiago Covarrubias/Sun-Times
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