Fire alarm sparks evacuation near North Colfax St, Byron IL
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a possible fire alarm activation near North Colfax Street in Byron. A smoke alarm in a second-floor stairwell triggered an evacuation of the building, identified as the local library. Units established command and checked for smoke, with no visible fire from the exterior.
Audio|Heard on: Ogle County Fire
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02:22
Transcript:
00:00
Attention Byron Fire, you're needed near North Colfax Street.
00:03
Near North Colfax Street for a general fire alarm and a second-floor stair smoke alarm.
00:10
Attention Byron Fire, you're needed near North Colfax Street.
00:14
Near North Colfax Street for a general fire alarm and a second-floor stair smoke alarm.
00:20
Time out 1221.
00:31
Traffic, bro, go ahead.
00:40
A and B side, they are evacuating the building.
00:44
Four hundred and ninety-one will have command.
00:50
Message received.
00:51
Four hundred and eighty-one will have command evacuating building.
00:58
One hundred and eighty-four, four hundred and ninety-three up.
01:14
Red.
01:21
Nothing showing from the port side.
01:29
Okay, so.
01:42
403, I want you to go to the north side.
01:48
DC, ding up somebody over there.
01:56
Oh, county four hundred seventy-one.
02:04
Oh, county four hundred seventy-one's around North Colfax.
02:09
Message received, four hundred seventy-one en route.
02:12
We're walking.
02:13
Okay, so it's the library.
02:21
Four fifty-four en route.
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Location mentioned:
N Colfax St, Byron, IL 61010
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