CTA Brown Line train fire affects morning rush hour service in Loop

CHICAGO (WLS) -- CTA trains are operating as normal again Friday morning, after a Brown Line fire in the Loop.

CFD said in a post on X just before 7:45 a.m. that the fire in the 200-block of South Wabash Avenue was put out with fire extinguishers.

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No one was injured in the incident, but the train was evacuated, CFD said.

The fire involved one car of the train, according to fire officials.

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The CTA said in an post on X that Loop trains were standing at Adams/Wabash due to the incident.

A spokesperson said just before 9 a.m. that trains were operating normally again, after experiencing delays due to smoking brakes on a Brown Line train at the Adams/Wabash station.

Chopper 7 was over the scene, and some smoke was visible about 7:45 a.m., as Chicago firefighters and CTA workers walked along the tracks in the area.