Crime & Safety

Smoke from Controlled Burn Closes Portion of Central Avenue

A controlled burn in a Cook County forest preserve is producing enough smoke to close Central Avenue from Flossmoor Road to Vollmer Road.

Smoke from a controlled burn of Cook County forest preserve land has closed a section of Central Avenue.

A Firenet alert reported a brush fire at about 3:16 p.m. near Flossmoor Road and Central Avenue. The South Green Belt Forest Preserve surrounds that area.

Smoke from the burn was visible from I-80.

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Central Avenue was closed as of 4:25 p.m. between Flossmoor Road to the north and Vollmer Road to the south.

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