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'Chicago Fire' stunt featuring car crashed into West Loop building goes viral on social media

Madison Ranta, a 24-year-old TikTok user, posted a video of the stunt that garnered millions of views and had viewers wondering whether the stunt was reality. A stunt on "Chicago Fire" featuring a car crash in Chicago's West Loop has been viral on social media, with videos showing the accident. The car was left wedged into an industrial building, leaving a person in a Chicago Fire Department uniform balancing on the car before it fell out of the building. The video, taken by Madison Ranta, received 9.3 million views and over 740,000 likes. Ranta also posted images of filming notices around the area informing residents of the stunt.

'Chicago Fire' stunt featuring car crashed into West Loop building goes viral on social media

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A bizarre rescue on “Chicago Fire” hasn’t yet aired, but it’s already catching the attention of Chicagoans.

Videos shot in Chicago’s West Loop Monday caught fire on social media, showing a car crash that left a blue sedan wedged into the second story of an industrial building in the bustling area.

Madison Ranta, 24, works at the Guinness Open Gate Brewery in the neighborhood.

“We were standing there for hours just watching them filming,” Ranta said.

A video Ranta took shows a person clad in a Chicago Fire Department uniform balancing on the car, jumping out of the way just before it fell out of the building.

Fittingly set to Djo’s “End of Beginning,” which feature the lyrics, “and when I’m back in Chicago, I feel it,” Ranta’s video garnered 9.3 million views and over 740,000 likes. Another TikTok from a different angle has nearly 26 million views.

Ranta said people in her TikTok comments were fighting about whether or not the crash was real — but now can rest easy knowing it was another one of the mega-popular NBC drama’s stunts.

X user @BethHoller posted images of filming notices around the area letting residents know “Chicago Fire” would be coming to the neighborhood. She told the Sun-Times it was pretty obvious the crash was a TV stunt, with the notices and dozens of security people standing by.

"The fact that no news station was reporting on this crazy car accident should’ve tipped people off too," she said in a message to the Sun-Times.


Konular: Traffic, Media, Chicago Fire, Social Media

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