Grass fire spreads toward cornfield near 4th St and 12th Ave B, Erie IL
WildfireA grass fire is spreading near the intersection of 4th Street and 12th Avenue B in Erie. Fire crews are responding to stop it from reaching a nearby cornfield. Multiple brush trucks and tankers from nearby fire districts are being called in to assist with containment efforts.
Audio|Source: Whiteside County Sheriff and Fire
05:25
Transcript:
00:00
Whiteside, can you give me a brush truck out of Prophetstown, Linden, also with a tanker out of Prophetstown?
00:09
How do we get to this command? We're going to have to drive through corn?
00:13
I do believe so. You're going to have to cross the ditch.
00:17
I would stay right along the edge of the corn.
00:21
Should we put this molar out so the tractor don't burn?
00:28
Mid-15, we're in command.
00:31
Mid-15, go ahead.
00:38
Med 15, you can stage at 4th and 12th Avenue B over there.
00:46
Mid-15 copies, we're staging.
00:53
Series Command, Fairy Tender 5.
01:09
Prophetstown Fire Protection District, you are being requested for mutual aid for an outside fire at 4th Street and 12th Avenue, B, and Erie.
01:21
Erie is requesting a brush truck out of Prophetstown and Lyndon in a tanker out of Prophetstown.
01:48
Prophetstown Fire Protection District, you're needed for mutual aid for an outside grassfield fire that is spreading towards the cornfield at 4th Street and 12th Avenue B as Boy, Erie.
02:00
Erie is requesting a brush truck out of Prophetstown Town and Lyndon and a painter from Provincetown.
02:06
Provincetown Fire Protection District,
02:08
you're needed for mutual aid at 4th Street and 12th Avenue B and Erie with a brush...
02:17
Here are brush 3 in 6 in the route.
02:23
Here you're at 3 for command.
02:26
Go have her 3.
02:28
Who do you have in there with you?
02:31
Just me.
02:33
Got me. There's Tinder 5 still at the station.
02:40
Negative command, just coming into Weavers. I went back by B.
02:45
Javier, thank you.
02:52
We're going to go along the didger command?
02:55
That is correct.
02:56
I'm going to tell you this form field is probably 5 or 600 yards wide and then it comes to a chisel plow field.
03:03
The portal 3 is going to hop in with you.
03:09
29104, 3973 104.
03:20
Okay, hey, okay, I can jump on the back or run this on hold on. And forth.
03:27
Two,
03:32
three, pull off by PD right there and offload.
03:38
Go on. Support.
03:43
White-Sight County, 3771. Okay.
03:52
Okay. White-Sight County,
03:54
3771.
03:58
3987, okay.
04:03
Press 2 from command.
04:06
Go ahead.
04:08
Brush two, will brush six be able to handle the grass patch right there? You guys can take care of the corn or is that too much for him?
04:17
We'll put down as much of the grass patch that we need to and leave what we think six can get. Thank you.
04:27
County, 3771.
04:32
Lyndon Fire, go ahead.
04:34
You can put 37-72 in route to Erie to Eerie.
04:40
Lyndon Fire, your traffic was very static. E.I. Coppid and route to Erie.
04:47
Correct. Sir, you're out of September 21 and uprunner.
04:52
Copy 3772 in Rock to Erie.
04:58
Man for brush two.
05:02
Command, go ahead.
05:05
We're going to put us what we need to on the grass out and then we're going to make a swap down each side of the corn with the truck and wet it down and sacrifice in the middle and just let the corn burn as the plant is right now.
05:22
Copy that.
05:24
Copy that. Copy that.
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Location mentioned:
12th Ave B & 4th St, Erie, IL 61250
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