Electrical hazard near McCormick busway, Chicago IL
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews were alerted to a potential electrical hazard near McCormick Place in Chicago. A caller reported that insulation on electrical wires along the busway was melting and showing signs of a small flame. Fire and police departments were notified. The issue was located in a tunnel area north of 25th Street and did not appear to affect train traffic.
Audio|Heard on: Woodford IL Law Dispatch Group Calls
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02:34
Transcript:
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49 county. On the busway,
00:04
There's electrical wires that are not arcing.
00:12
But the wire, the plastic insulation is melting and I can see a little fire and it's dripping.
00:20
I don't know if you want to call the fire department or who exactly.
00:23
Nothing's arcing but melting.
00:27
(name withheld), where are you at right now?
00:32
Busway just north of 25th Street.
00:36
The middle of the tunnel that goes underneath McCormick.
00:43
(name withheld), can you and it seems to be melting correct?
00:52
Plastic insulation is melting, yes.
00:57
(name withheld), just you stand by there.
00:59
I'm going to try to get building and bridges up to you.
01:01
17 County?
01:04
17, go ahead.
01:06
Can you notify train dispatch of that one along with Metro Electric and get building and bridges, and I'll get a notification on this one also.
01:16
So far.
01:21
49.
01:23
49, go ahead.
01:26
It is going to be just a bit, but the wires are melting.
01:34
So far,
01:37
(name withheld) to Metra Forty Nine, this is north or south of McCormick.
01:44
It's right next to our platform.
01:49
(name withheld), ten four.
01:54
I'll send you a picture.
01:57
It will not affect train traffic if on the other side, it's on the busway itself.
02:07
Seventeen, all this is along the busway, not along tracks.
02:13
All right.
02:16
Seventeen, ten four, 17 county.
02:19
Seventeen.
02:22
Seventeen, all right, ten four, notify CPD, notify Chicago, advise some of the circumstances.
02:29
It is not ours and you can disregard the notification since.
02:33
Ten four.
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S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL 60616
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