Chicago fire: Multiple trucks catch fire at Hermosa business at Kilbourn and Cortland

Tuesday, September 12, 2023
CHICAGO (WLS) -- There were multiple trucks on fire at a business on Chicago's Northwest Side.

The fire broke out shortly before 5 p.m. at a business near Kilbourn and Courtland in the city's Hermosa neighborhood. Chopper7 was over the scene as it began to spread from two trucks to three, then four, then five.
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The Chicago Fire Department responded to the scene shortly after 5 p.m.

What caused the fire was not immediately clear. The trucks appeared to be parked in a lot outside the business, and it was not immediately apparent if any of them were occupied or if anyone was in the lot when the flames broke out.
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The fire appeared to have been struck out shortly after 5:10 p.m.

No further information was immediately available.
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