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A prairie fire fed by high winds on the city’s Southwest Side on Tuesday afternoon ignited a nearby paper recycling plant and shut down the CTA’s Orange Line, Fire Department authorities said.
The fire near 48th Place and Kedzie Avenue in the Brighton Park area, which was declared a level-one hazmat, ignited containers of acid, prompting the CTA to shut down power and suspending rail service to Midway Airport, according to a Twitter post from Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford.
Fire crews on the scene knocked out the blaze, which had spread to the main building, Langford said.
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Orange Line service was restored Tuesday evening.
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