WESTCHESTER, IL – Interstate 290 in the western suburbs is backed up in both directions Thursday because of a bomb squad investigating an "active incident," NBC 5 Chicago reported.
NBC 5 said the incident started shortly after 10 a.m. in Westchester near Mannheim Road.
NBC 5 reported that state police could be heard referring to an explosion.
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