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Smoke fills Madison Street home basement, crews contain fireBenton IL

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Madison St, Benton, IL 62812

A structure fire was contained on Madison Street after crews detected light smoke without flames, prompting thorough checks for heat and fire spread in the basement and first floor.

Audio|Source: Franklin, Perry, Jackson, Williamson, and Jefferson Counties Police, Fire and EMS
06:44
Transcript:
00:00
As you come down Madison, go past us, go into the 700 block.
00:05
I got positive water here, we'll put the bed and truck up for us.
00:09
Christine, I'll pull back you.
00:16
Next July 3, I'm 108.
00:20
All right, they're ready, don't want.
00:22
And you're going ahead.
00:27
With them.
00:30
Careful.
00:32
Gas sent someone to hear you.
00:36
Go, Gene.
00:39
The outside.
00:41
One more time, you're unreadable, buddy.
00:47
How would you look at the outside?
00:50
Okay, for about 30 seconds for positive water.
00:54
That would be outside looking for.
00:59
Switch it over now.
01:03
Power outside condition.
01:16
Thank you. Fryeagen 300.
01:21
Okay, that's your master receipt.
01:24
Andrew Sacks from Fon Ford.
01:30
Too much well, Steve.
01:40
Client, Tom Carrey, can you read me.
01:45
I can't now, go ahead.
01:49
We have no heat, very little smoke in the basement.
01:53
We're not located in the fire.
01:54
What's the first floor look like?
01:57
Stand by, we're putting eyes on now.
02:08
It's still pretty thick.
02:10
I'm gonna try to get a crew together as soon as big and gets in.
02:12
We'll get eyes inside.
02:14
It's Mervyn Dallas sitting in white mic in there, right?
02:21
That's correct.
02:24
Okay, Dallas, did you put the box on this or you want to hold it?
02:33
Hold off on the box.
02:35
Okay, we're home.
02:37
Like I said,
02:38
we got John Horrell and Justin Hare and we'll get eyes in the first floor and see if the conditions are like right here above the furnace.
02:52
For about two minutes, what are you got for us?
02:58
Midden, approach on Madison, you're taking the front.
03:01
We'll leave your aerial cradled right now at manpower, impact the tools.
03:05
We're going to try to check for extension in the first floor.
03:07
We've got heavy smoke.
03:08
We're going to be stretching on a second line for you.
03:17
If I be taking the front,
03:20
stretching the second line, the cruise, the airbags, the tool.
03:30
Command[1], go ahead.
03:32
See if Ziegler can go to the station, if not, J.C.
03:38
Very safe.
03:46
Can you get facilities on the way?
03:49
Facilities? Can you get facilities on the way? Yes, there was breakers and utilities please.
03:54
Yes,
03:57
sir. Yes, sir.
04:01
The room temperature is 66 degrees Fahrenheit and the outside temperature.
04:07
Attention Ziegler fire, change the quarters to West Frankfurt.
04:11
Change the quarters of West Frankford fire.
04:13
201 is no one.
04:15
Your timeout, 1600 hours central dispatch WPB and 396 clear.
04:20
My next to stay out of the car.
04:23
Get somebody in hospital.
04:24
Circuit 30.
04:25
Cigua copy.
04:32
Thank you.
04:40
United States are still going water and smoke.
04:44
We've got some light smoke coming from the vents in the attic.
04:48
And basin, let's go ahead and get a bar going, or conditions.
04:55
We have two in the basement.
04:58
Lerf, Dallas,
05:00
like Mike went outside.
05:01
We told them two.
05:02
Conditions are the same, light smoke, no heat.
05:07
Understeads, your basement conditions are improving light, smoke, no heat.
05:11
Vincent's on the scene, they're going to be firing up with the first floor crew doing a primary and secondary search there.
05:17
We'll let you know.
05:19
Okay.
05:26
Next 43, 1042.
05:32
Go ahead.
05:36
We're doing nothing down here.
05:39
We're going to back out if you need help on the first floor.
05:44
Okay, stand by, I heard your Bible nurse too.
05:46
I'll be getting you a bottle at the back door.
05:48
Stand by for condition.
05:53
I'm from the interior.
05:56
Interior warm-go.
05:59
No fire on the first floor, just out of them.
06:02
Understood, no fire on the first floor just smoke.
06:05
We've got one guy still in the basement working.
06:07
31, simple.
06:08
You ready for five?
06:12
Wonder start failing.
06:15
Okay, you want it at the front door or the back?
06:19
I want to start open the window too in there from there.
06:23
I understand.
06:24
You're going to window. You're going to window.
06:40
The power is off at the table.
06:43
Okay, tires off at the tail.
Police codes explained
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[1]
Command: Incident Command established for managing the incident

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Madison St, Benton, IL 62812

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