A rubbish truck suddenly exploded on a street in suburban Chicago. The Arlington Heights Police Department has launched an investigation into the incident, stating that the working theory is an "uncontrolled combustion in a garbage truck hopper,

Three people were injured and major damages were sustained after a garbage truck exploded in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights.

A burning garbage truck exploded Friday in a Chicago suburb sending debris flying in the air and hurting three first responders with non-life threatening injuries.