Brush fire near gas station on Broadway, Belleville IL


Dispatch audio reports an uncontrolled brush fire near Broadway by the BP gas station with no one nearby. Responders say the fire appears to be brush about three to four feet high. The recording also includes a separate report of possible drug activity near Carlaw Avenue describing an employee's boyfriend on a bicycle wearing a red shirt and blue jeans; first name (name withheld) was given.
Audio|Source: Belleville Police, Fire and EMS Dispatch
02:54
Transcript:
552, your 28 available. Special 3 from (name withheld). 158 from dispatch. 158 from dispatch. Oh, on. No wait. That's done. We're on 18th and... Broadway by the BP. There is a fire uncontrolled at this time. Nobody's around it. Being a fire department crowd for it. Good question. Here's one for drug activity, ZX on Carlisle, near Carlaw Avenue. It's going to be employee's boyfriend, white male, red shirt, blue jeans on a bicycle. First name, (name withheld). It's actively injecting signal 21. Should I... Are you on traffic? Go ahead. 104. Code 1, West Main and Northville. 201. 101. 101. 104. 31's on scene. Yeah, 5. The special officer of coding back. Time 4. Cover down the scene 21-24. Vespatch 2.23. Go ahead. Can you go ahead and get ADC back on the line, please? I'll call me. Yes, 4. This patch 154. Go ahead. You can send me code on that juvenile problem. I'll check the area. What are you? Go, like that. Turn around so just quick. Yeah. 2.7.25 and at 2126. 101. Got. Got. Do you guys know what was on fire exactly? Looks like some brush on the ground, about three or four foot height. Is it on the corner where they always sit and have the campfire? That's affirmative, but there's also no one in the area or around the fire or the gas station in general.
552, your 28 available. Special 3 from (name withheld). 158 from dispatch. 158 from dispatch. Oh, on. No wait. That's done. We're on 18th and... Broadway by the BP. There is a fire uncontrolled at this time. Nobody's around it. Being a fire department crowd for it. Good question. Here's one for drug activity, ZX on Carlisle, near Carlaw Avenue. It's going to be employee's boyfriend, white male, red shirt, blue jeans on a bicycle. First name, (name withheld). It's actively injecting signal 21. Should I... Are you on traffic? Go ahead. 104. Code 1, West Main and Northville. 201. 101. 101. 104. 31's on scene. Yeah, 5. The special officer of coding back. Time 4. Cover down the scene 21-24. Vespatch 2.23. Go ahead. Can you go ahead and get ADC back on the line, please? I'll call me. Yes, 4. This patch 154. Go ahead. You can send me code on that juvenile problem. I'll check the area. What are you? Go, like that. Turn around so just quick. Yeah. 2.7.25 and at 2126. 101. Got. Got. Do you guys know what was on fire exactly? Looks like some brush on the ground, about three or four foot height. Is it on the corner where they always sit and have the campfire? That's affirmative, but there's also no one in the area or around the fire or the gas station in general.
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Location mentioned:
Near Carlyle Ave, Belleville, IL 62221
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