Explosion and smoke reported near Berkshire Blvd building, East Alton IL
Fire & ArsonA loud explosion, possibly from a transformer, was reported near Berkshire Blvd. Smoke was seen coming from the roof of a building. Emergency services including fire departments and an ambulance were dispatched to the scene.
Audio|Source: East Alton, Hartford, Roxana, S. Roxana and Wood River Police / Fire
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Transcript:
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North Berking Still, North working still for the East Salt and Fire Department.
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Respond to near Berkshire Blvd took a call for a loud explosion, possible transformer blue, smoke is now coming from the roof of the building.
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North working still, north working still for the East Salt and Fire Department.
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Respond to the area near Berkshire Blvd, near Berkshire Blvd, near Berkshire Blvd,
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took a call for a loud explosion.
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Smoke is now coming from the roof of the building.
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Only receive one call, your timeout, 417.
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Sue just said in that area of Shop and Save, I just plugged in that address for the location, but she couldn't really confirm where exactly the smoke was, just the old Shop and Save.
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the building through the building.
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Airback deployment and we're going to go ahead and get you an ambulance.
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...to put in service all the other responding fire departments.
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10.4.
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All responding fire units, were you clear on that? 4.311 is unseen going to handle the 1050[1].
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1050[1].
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104. 104.
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Private, I think you recovered. Can you 109.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
1050: Traffic accident (no injuries reported)
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Location mentioned:
Near Berkshire Blvd, East Alton, IL 62024
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