CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Authorities have not ruled out arson as the cause of a trash can fire early Tuesday that damaged several cars, a home and a power transformer in Old Town on the Near North Side.
The fire was reported at about 2:25 a.m. in the 1500 block of North Hudson Avenue, according to Chicago Fire Dept. spokesman Larry Merritt.
Firefighters responded to the blaze, which spread up a utility pole and damaged a transformer, Merritt said. The fire also damaged a home and 11 vehicles, although he couldn’t specify the extent of the damage.
Investigators determined the fired began in a trash can, but couldn’t rule out human action as its cause, Merritt said.
The fire was extinguished by 3:40 a.m., and no one was injured or displaced, Merritt said.