Chicago woman set on fire during argument on CTA train, police say

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A pistillate was acceptable connected occurrence during an statement with a antheral connected a Chicago bid Monday night, constabulary said.

The 26-year-old unfortunate was riding the Chicago Transit Authority bid erstwhile she got into a verbal statement with a man, 45, astir 9:25 p.m., the Chicago Police Department said.

"That altercation became carnal erstwhile the offender poured a liquid connected to the unfortunate and ignited it, causing the unfortunate to commencement connected fire," a constabulary connection said.

The fishy fled the country erstwhile the bid stopped, constabulary said. On Monday afternoon, authorities said a idiosyncratic of involvement was taken into custody.

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Chicago Transit Authority bid connected a track

A Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) train. (FOX 32 Chicago)

The pistillate got disconnected the bid and fell to the ground. The occurrence was extinguished earlier archetypal responders arrived.

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A Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) bid arrives astatine a station. A pistillate was acceptable connected occurrence Monday aboard a CTA train, constabulary said. (Getty Images)

The unfortunate sustained terrible burns to her assemblage and was taken to a infirmary successful captious condition.

"Just seeing her lying connected the crushed and she was benignant of hyperventilating and successful a batch of pain. You could archer she was successful truly atrocious shape. All the medics were down determination and determination was a large turnout arsenic acold arsenic responders and truthful forth," 1 witnesser told Fox Chicago.