Fire incident at multifamily building in Elmhurst, Elmhurst IL
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire department responded to a fire alarm at a multifamily building near North Oaklawn Avenue in Elmhurst. On arrival, no fire was visible and the issue appeared to be a broken sprinkler plate.
Audio|Heard on: Will and DuPage Counties Police/Fire
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02:11
Transcript:
00:00
FD alarm, Multifamily, District 1 near North Oaklawn Avenue, Elmhurst Battalion 1, Engine 1, Ladder 2, Squad 1, Cross Street of Dead End and West Grand Avenue.
00:15
Try to call back the caller.
00:19
Westbound from Lombard to 53 is clear and eastbound from Lombard to about Friars Coak clear.
00:28
Okay.
00:30
Okay.
00:32
Thank you. Okay.
00:36
One. I'm already on the speaking.
00:41
Happy. Thank you.
00:44
I want to go too alpha can you go back in the Kensington call?
00:50
Go ahead. To find.
00:55
Three-five-seven, everyone in Ken.
01:02
Go ahead.
01:06
Somehow merge these two calls at the Tennessee and the Wendy's.
01:09
They're the same.
01:11
Yeah, I don't know.
01:14
That's not far, thank you.
01:20
We turn it with notes and can you put me back on the station call?
01:28
...arguments,
01:30
continue to mounds.
01:32
It's going to be intact.
01:33
They disconnect or trying to get further.
01:40
... is road to the message.
01:43
So I don't for a team on behalf.
01:46
That VALB, 23-0-1.
01:50
Stafford. Stafford.
01:55
Two grand battalion.
02:01
On a scene, one-story commercial warehouse, nothing's showing.
02:05
Looks like it's going to be a broken sprinkler plate code, hold up ladder, too.
02:09
Have Engine 1 and Squad 1 continue in.
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 Oaklawn Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
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