Blue Line service resumes after rubbish fire on tracks near Western Avenue

Trains service resumed about 2:45 p.m., according to the CTA.

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Two people were hospitalized after a fight broke out June 5, 2022 at an Englewood CTA station.

A fire at track level suspended Blue Line service April 29, 2020.

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Blue Line trains were suspended on the West Side for a half hour Wednesday afternoon due to a fire on the tracks.

Crews responded about 2:15 p.m. to a rubbish fire on the tracks near Congress and Western avenues, and quickly extinguished it, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Merritt.

Trains were suspended until about 2:45 p.m. between Forest Park and UIC/Halsted, according to the Chicago Transit Authority.

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