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Mattress fire spreads to fence near Ardmore Ave apartmentsVilla Park IL

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Near N Ardmore Ave, Villa Park, IL 60181

A mattress caught fire behind the apartments near North Ardmore. The flames spread to a nearby fence and were sparking under a telephone pole. Firefighters and medical teams were dispatched to the scene promptly.

Audio|Source: DuComm Police 1 East - Lombard, and Villa Park
02:38
Transcript:
00:00
Two. 3-2 Ardmore, near North Ardmore.
00:04
On the west side of the road behind the apartment building, they think a mattress is on fire?
00:12
No.
00:13
Lincoln 27 status?
00:17
We are good.
00:18
24.
00:19
And Victor, too, we have confirmed that a mattress is on fire. We're getting multiple calls about this.
00:28
We're on your route there as well.
00:31
Two,
00:33
uh,
00:38
the, uh, the fence is going up with flames here.
00:41
Uh, just right beneath the telephone pole.
00:44
I'm sorry, it's sparking from a telephone pole.
00:47
It's right underneath the telephone pole, so we're going to have to start getting... We're going to go out quick.
00:53
We might want to get some cars down here.
00:54
Start knocking on doors.
00:58
10-4[1].
01:02
Okay.
01:06
The Princeton side.
01:08
Actually, I don't know whose property this is.
01:12
It's like the apartment.
01:16
10-4[1] we checked that address on hand so my is not here we'll add some notes but when we head it up to the central address we'll see if any help of anything
01:28
through coming please
01:30
Two, go ahead. E-Trux, two, three, four, nine, five, three,
01:35
one. Eat truck, two, three, four, nine, five, three, one.
01:38
It's right next to Michael, up to three and seven.
01:41
Oh, and then, a Chevrolet pick up at a broad view to (name withheld). Hey, (name withheld) was a clear valetial male born in 68.
01:50
We're going to eight from 27.
01:52
We are good on Central.
01:54
She's, uh, Breed and Paramedic seven under control.
02:01
Happy, thank you.
02:08
And Victor 30, I'm holding in on a lockout at Terrace Apartments, 20 West Terrace, Murray, Silver, Hyundai, Sonata, and O'Hazards.
02:15
Thank you.
02:19
Thank you.
02:25
This is fully engulf now. The medics are FDA en route?
02:29
Yes, FD is en route.
02:35
Everyone, they were coming from the south. They're about to pass the PD now.
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Near N Ardmore Ave, Villa Park, IL 60181

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