17:27 CST Update – At a press conference just given at O’Hare, some information was given on the earlier fire. All the passengers got out safely. Latest information is that about 20 people have been taken to hospitals for minor, non life-treating injuries caused by the quick evacuation.

Fire crews continue to stay with the aircraft monitoring for any hot spots. Runway 28R remains closed, but ORD is operating at normal capacity using its other available runways.

No cause for the fire is out at the moment as the NTSB has to investigate.

16:46 CST October 28, 2016 – While taking off from runway 28R at Chicago O’Hare (ORD), American Airlines flight 383 to Miami blew a tire causing a fire. The tire fragments caught the right engine on fire casing a massive cloud of black smoke. Emergency crews reached the aircraft very quickly and were able to contain and extinguish the fire in a short amount of time.

The specific cause of the fire has yet to be officially determined and will need to the investigated by the NTSB.

The passengers and crew evacuated from the plane on the left side via the emergency slides. AA reported 8 pax and 1 crew member suffered minor injuries and were taken to area hospitals for evaluation. There were a total of 170 people onboard, 161 of which were passengers.

#AA383, per AA: Seven passengers and one flight attendant reported minor injuries and were transported to the hospital to be evaluated.

— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) October 28, 2016

The aircraft was a Boeing 767-300ER (N345AN)delivered to American in 2003.

An @AmericanAir 767-300 sustained a fire at Chicago-O'Hare Airport during take off roll. Pax evacuated. https://t.co/p0u90k5MkI #A383 pic.twitter.com/57OwswGNX3

— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) October 28, 2016

Operations have resumed on the other runways of O’Hare, but runway 28R will remain closed causing some delays.

FAA statement:

FAA Statement: @AmericanAir Flight 383, B767, ORD>MIA, blew a tire at 2:35PM CT & aborted take off. Passengers deplaned. FAA Investigating.

— The FAA (@FAANews) October 28, 2016

Video from the runway after evacuation:

Another video pic.twitter.com/jg58N8x3l8

— Jose (@Kryptonlogic) October 28, 2016

Helicopter shot of the plane from WGN News:

(Featured image form WGN News)*