Crime & Safety

Firefighters Extinguish Blaze At South Side Chicago Chemical Plant

Smoke was seen pouring from a cooling tower at the plant.

(Chicago Fire Department/CBS News)

March 19, 2024

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A fire broke out Monday afternoon at an industrial compound in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.

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The fire broke out in a chemical plant at 4650 S. Racine Ave. in the early afternoon Monday. Vantage Specialty Chemicals' oleochemicals headquarters and manufacturing plant is located at the address.

Smoke was seen pouring from a cooling tower at the plant.

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