US EditionMan sets fire to a woman on a Chicago L train before fleeing, police say
A 26-year-old woman suffered severe burns after a man set her on fire during an argument aboard a Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train, police said.
- A man doused a 26-year-old woman with a liquid and set her on fire aboard a Chicago L train after an argument, leaving her in critical condition.
- The attack occurred Monday night on a Blue Line train after the woman and a man believed to be in his 40s began arguing, and the man then poured an unknown fluid on her and ignited it before fleeing when the train arrived at the Clark and Lake station.
- The woman stumbled onto the platform and collapsed before being taken to a hospital, and no arrests had been made as of Tuesday morning.
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Man Sets Woman Ablaze on Chicago Train
A woman is in critical condition after a horrifying attack on Chicago's "L" train, where a man doused her with a flammable liquid and set her on fire, according to police. The incident unfolded around 9:30pm on Monday after a verbal dispute between the 26-year-old victim and a man...
Straphanger badly burned after madman torches her on Chicago train
A 26-year-old woman was torched by a madman on a Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train Monday night -- more than a week after another straphanger was stabbed in the chest at another Windy City Blue Line station.
Woman set on fire on Chicago L train, person of interest in custody: Police
Chicago police car is seen in Chicago, United States, on October 14, 2022. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (CHICAGO) — A man set a woman on fire while on a Chicago L train on Monday following a “verbal altercation,” leaving her in critical condition, authorities said. A person of interest is in custody in connection with the incident, the Chicago Police Department said Tuesday. The arson attack occurred Monday at approximately…
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