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Chicago, IL

Smoking garbage can follows nearby explosion 

audio iconFire & Arson
Near S Lotus Ave, Chicago, IL 60638
A caller reported a small garbage can was smoking after an explosion in the alley. The fire department quickly extinguished the fire, and a white sedan was seen leaving the area.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 06
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Transcript:
And then I have what came over as a fire at 5216 Lotus. It was a white Cadillac sedan that drove off, but then the caller heard an explosion, and she looked down in the alley in a small garbage can with smoking. Fire already came and put it out, but I don't know if there was any other damages.

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Near S Lotus Ave, Chicago, IL 60638

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