Sparking light switch mistaken for fire at Villa Park home, Villa Park IL
Fire & ArsonA caller reported seeing orange light and smoke at near S Cornell Ave, suspecting a structure fire. Responders found it was a sparking light switch with no actual fire or smoke present.
Audio|Source: DuComm Police 1 East - Lombard, and Villa Park
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Transcript:
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If you have any villa parking is able to go to near S Cornell Ave, near S Cornell Ave, looks like light fixture is acting up, and now she saw orange in the walls and then black possible structure fire.
00:11
30, send it over a meal table.
00:14
30, 10,4. I'm here.
00:21
31, I'm clear, Jewel. I'll go right to near S Cornell Ave also.
00:24
31, 104. 5, South Cornell.
00:28
near S Cornell Ave if I'm here.
00:34
There's an inner port, heading to near S Cornell Ave.
00:37
Sorry, you short key. What unit are you?
00:40
Vigertie from 56?
00:45
Victor 56? Thank you for 56. Go ahead.
00:54
Whenever you get a chance when I come back to the PD and take this one.
00:58
It's not happening in North School. Sorry about that.
01:02
Hi form, how it erupted fire.
01:09
This is a sparking light switch, not any actual fire.
01:14
Well, she thought there was a fire in the light switch.
01:18
She saw orange in the wall.
01:22
31, we're out here.
01:28
I miss Ed, can someone advise? There's a fire and it's not all just closed it.
01:34
You can disregard from how we might be contacted.
01:41
The Lombard units, the medics going to 31 East Lombard circle for a 70-year-old male who fell.
01:48
You can too unclear. Is there anything holding?
01:57
On negative.
01:58
Okay, everyone, can we get the call on the phone and make sure we got North versus South numbers coming to the door here?
02:08
3-1, we got her. 3-0-5.
02:11
No 4.
02:17
Everyone, you can let the FB know there is no fire here, but we're talking to go about what she saw. There's no smoke, there's nothing.
02:24
I'm sorry, there is smoke or there is not?
02:27
Negative, no smoke, no fire, but we're talking for.
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Location mentioned:
Near S Cornell Ave, Villa Park, IL 60181
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