Electrical fire in attached garage at Bird Street home, Elgin IL
Fire & ArsonA small electrical fire occurred in the attached garage of a home near Bird Street. Five residents evacuated safely. Smoke was seen coming from an electrical outlet. Fire units responded and controlled the fire after investigation and overhaul operations. There was no significant damage beyond the garage area, and the fire was contained quickly with no injuries reported.
Audio|Source: Elgin Fire
05:31
Transcript:
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Engine 2.
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Quint 2, Quint 1, Ambulance 2, Battalion 1, Battalion 21.
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Structure Fire.
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Near Bird Street.
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Between Pine Street and Wing Street.
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Timeout 1727.
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Engine 6. Engine 4.
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Quint 2. Quint, Ambulance 2, Battalion 1, and Battalion 21.
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Structure Fire.
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Near Bird Street.
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The units heading to near Bird Street switch to Ops 2 for an electrical fire in the garage.
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There were five people in the house, but they're currently evacuating.
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Near Bird Street.
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We're on Ops 2.
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There's an electrical fire in the garage.
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They're showing smoke coming from the electrical outlet on the wall.
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Five people currently evacuating.
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I'm just going to be attached to the house.
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Alder fire from AMN4.
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Engine 4.
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You have an apartment number on 2183.
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Negative.
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Elgin fire, engine 3.
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Section 3.
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So let's a hotel, sorry.
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See if we can get a unit number.
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There's about 20 different units here.
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Trying to get one.
02:03
Okay, thank you.
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Huntley, 12-system, West Suburban Bank Trots, 13,984, Chamborhoun Road,
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955, due, time 1730.
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and a half story wood frame.
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You get nothing showing from the home or the garage.
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You can make the bird command.
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By the first engine, go ahead and investigate.
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Then seen as a 1.5 story, wood frame nothing showing from the home or garage.
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Make the C1 command.
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The engine will go in and investigate.
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It was on two on scene stage.
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Colson Fire, Bird Command.
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We do have a little bit of smoke in an attached garage.
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I'm glad you keep everybody coming that we've got aside right now.
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This message receives like smoke in the garage to keep everyone coming.
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Alice Firebird command.
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We had a small electrical fire with some extension into a stud space.
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It appears to be under control at this point.
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We'll keep everybody we've got on seeing anybody else is still inbound.
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You could hold Battalion 21.
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Message receives, small electrical player appears to be under control, hold BC21, everyone else.
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In route can just record.
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1021, copy.
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Point two from command.
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Quint two.
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(name withheld), I've got the occupant telling me the only way to cut the power of that is through the fuse box in the basement.
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Is that where you guys were already?
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Yeah, I'm just coming back up from the basement.
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The breakers off.
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We're doing a little overhaul here.
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We've got some smaller enjoy space.
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We're going to soak down with the handgun.
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We've got a crew to check the exterior if there's any exterior extension.
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All right, you got engine six in there with you, Joe, on one more crew.
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No, we'll have engine six, go check the outside.
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Okay.
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We do have some smoke in the house, so we're going to have to ventilate the house.
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Hi, Clint wants to get a pressurize the house.
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Location mentioned:
Near Bird St, Elgin, IL 60123
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