Highway blast near Mannheim Road shuts I-290 for hours as Cicero man is identified

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Officials identified 47-year-old Jorge Vaca of Cicero as the man who died in an explosion on I-290 near Mannheim Road in Westchester, which shut the highway for nearly nine hours. Federal, state, and local agencies, including the FBI and ATF, led the investigation; authorities say there is no link to other events and no ongoing threat, with additional details to be released by the Cook County Medical Examiner.
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