Rubbish fire under power lines in Chicago, Chicago IL
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a report of a pole on fire near N Austin Ave and W Lawrence Ave in Chicago. Engine 108 found rubbish burning under power lines and requested that the utility company check the wires. No injuries were reported.
Audio|Heard on: Cook IL Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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01:46
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 108 to me.
00:01
Engine 108.
00:04
We're at Lawrence and Austin for the pole on fire.
00:07
Do you have any more information on this?
00:09
108, stand by.
00:12
I have 108.
00:13
This was called in by a passerby.
00:14
That's all we're going to have.
00:17
Message received.
00:18
We'll take another quick look.
00:20
We know 108, 108.
00:22
Can you check the alley behind (number withheld)?
00:25
(number withheld).
00:27
Alley behind (number withheld).
00:31
Engine 23 is on the scene, sir, back in Western looking for the accident.
00:35
Do you have any more on this?
00:37
Engine 23, message received.
00:40
Engine 23 to main, do you have any more information on this?
00:47
Stand by 20.
00:48
We were going to give them a call back.
00:50
All right, Engine 23, this is a non-working phone number.
00:54
I'm not able to call them back.
00:55
They didn't give us anything else on this.
00:59
Engine 23, message received.
01:01
Yeah, we looked around, we don't see anything.
01:03
We're going to be in service returning.
01:04
You can hold off the ambulance.
01:07
Our message received.
01:08
We'll hold the ambulance 34.
01:10
Me to 466, 466, do you read?
01:15
Battalion Seven to Main.
01:16
Battalion Seven.
01:19
Office, you could hold up 466 on this.
01:22
I'm here with the police relocated the cause and I'm going to take care of it.
01:26
It's going to be a police matter.
01:28
Battalion Seven, 466 return 466.
01:33
108 to Main.
01:35
108.
01:37
We had a little rubbish here underneath the power lines.
01:40
It looked like the insulator from it.
01:42
Can you have the utility company come out to this location to check on the wires.
01:45
One hundred and eight, message received.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
N Austin Ave & W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60630
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