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Lanes reopened on inbound Eisenhower after vehicle fire

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
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Westbound lanes on Interstate 80 were closed Dec. 26, 2019, after a rollover crash involving a semitrailer carrying phosphoric acid near New Lenox.

Sun-Times file photo

Sun-Times File photo

Emergency crews responded to a vehicle that caught on fire on the Eisenhower Expressway.

About 5 a.m. Tuesday, Illinois State Police and the Oak Park Fire Department were dispatched to the inbound Eisenhower near Austin Boulevard for reports of a vehicle that had gone up in flames, Illinois State Police said.

All lanes are now open, police confirmed. It is not immediately clear whether anyone was in the vehicle.

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