A massive column of black smoke shot into the sky over Chicago’s far Northwest Side on Wednesday evening, turning heads from the Kennedy Expressway to neighborhoods near O’Hare. Drivers on I-90 and residents nearby watched the dark plume rise as flames pushed from the roof of a building, drawing a heavy response from firefighters and a flurry of social media posts.
Fire on East River Road
Around 6:15 p.m., video shared on social media showed thick smoke and visible flames at a building in the 5500 block of North East River Road, roughly four miles from O’Hare International Airport, according to NBC Chicago. In the clips, flames appeared to shoot from the roof while people on nearby roads recorded the growing plume from their cars and sidewalks……