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TRAFFIC ALERT: I294 and 95th Street Now Open -- UPDATED

Area of I294 and 95th Street closed due to hazmat situation. Westbound 95th Street in Oak Lawn also closed.

Update, 9:34 a.m. Wednesday  -- Harlem Avenue is also closed between 95th and 79th Streets.

Both eastbound and westbound ramps at 95th Street and I294 are closed due to an overturned tanker that is leaking fuel. Fire companies are on the scene.

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Traffic is not being allowed on 95th Street in Oak Lawn west of Austin Avenue as of 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Oak Lawn police have asked residents to avoid traveling in both areas until the situation is resolved, which is going to take a few hours.

Patch will continue to update the traffic situation.


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