Illinois has no shortage of wild moments on public transit, but this one might top the list. A video circulating online has social media buzzing over an eyebrow-raising scene that unfolded aboard a Chicago Transit Authority train, involving open flame, food, and just another level of nonchalance.
Of course is on the red line. pic.twitter.com/dwEGrrWAZz
— Goofies Of Chicago (@Chicago_Goofies) September 17, 2026
According to footage shared online by @Chicago_Goofies, a man riding what is identified as the CTA Red Line set up a small portable charcoal grill directly on the floor of the train car and lit it mid-ride. The video shows visible flames and rising smoke as the man, wearing a beige T-shirt printed with an outline of Africa, dark shorts, and yellow Timberland boots, tends the fire with a metal lid.
His identity, the exact date of the incident, and Illinois transit officials’ awareness of it have not been independently confirmed…