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This Armored Truck Flipped Over In The Loop For 'Chicago Fire' Shoot

By Emma G. Gallegos in Arts & Entertainment on Aug 6, 2015 9:55PM

It's going down on Chicago Fire.

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If you saw crowds gathering around a flipped-over armored truck in the Loop today, just know that you weren't witnessing the tail end of a robbery attempt gone awry but some on-location filming for the TV show "Chicago Fire."

DNA info reports the scene was being filmed this afternoon at Lake Street and Stetson Avenue, near the Aon Center, and it attracted quite a crowd. (Last week it was the TV show 'Empire' shooting around the Loop, including the Art Institute.)

It doesn't look like any stars from the show (like Lady Gaga's fiancé Taylor Kinney) were there for filming but at one point a stunt guy clambered on top of the truck:


And it looks like it was almost dangling precariously near the guard rail:

If you want to figure out how the scene with the armored truck ends, the new season premieres on NBC Oct. 13.