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Heard on: Bureau County Sheriff, Fire and EMS · 1/16/2026 04:27 PM
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Attention Princeton Fire, Princeton Fire. You're being requested in the area of Erickson Drive and Fifth Street for a report of a transformer that is sparking and sizzling. Time now 18 twenty-seven. WPQTB 869 become clear. You've toned Princeton Fire and HazMat. Princeton Fire, you're out. New call in, show 812 en route to Erickson and Fifth Street. Engine 812 showing you en route. Be advised I'm on the phone with electric now. You advise you're going to call the electric now? Engine 812 that's affirmative. I was on the phone with Electric. They're en route. Copy that, thank you. Attention Bureau Fire, Bureau Fire. This is a test and a test only. Describe the tones, recite your monitors. Time out 1830. WPQBA 690, you come clear. You can show Engine 812 on. It's going to be Lincoln and Fifth Street, Lincoln and Fifth. I don't see anything outwardly showing at this time. You can show A12 in command. Can we get a police officer parking up? And Fifth Street please with traffic control. Engine 812, showing you on scene at Lincoln and Fifth requesting PD Park Avenue assist. Some cars for the account. Car 1025, Park Avenue 5th. Park Avenue and 5th were traffic controlled for a transformer that is on fire.
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Transformer fire causes traffic control near Lincoln St

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire units responded to a possible electrical transformer fire near Lincoln and Fifth Street in Princeton. The transformer was reported to be sparking before catching fire. Electric company personnel were contacted, and traffic control was requested in the area while the scene was secured.

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S 5th St & E Lincoln St, Princeton, IL 61356
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