Vehicle fire near Garfield Red Line station, Chicago IL
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, a vehicle fire broke out near the Garfield Red Line Station in Chicago, impacting multiple cars. Emergency crews coordinated traffic control to allow fire engines access, and both police and fire plans were activated for response.
Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 13
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04:37
Transcript:
00:00
Five 238 Marshfield.
00:02
It looks like multiple cars.
00:25
Over at the Garfield Red Line, looks like two or seven.
00:27
Some more cars.
01:05
Hi, I'm (name withheld).
01:07
All right, fire's requesting if we could have a car get on the express lane right at Garfield over here to block off the lane of traffic for the engine that's going to be parking over here so they can hit it with some water.
01:22
So if you can have a car slide over here, pull up to the Garfield.
01:26
Exit and just stay there and block off traffic for the engine that's going to pull up.
02:11
Just have them block off the lane of traffic so the fire department can do what they need to do.
02:27
If you could just block off the express lane of traffic so the fire apparatus can get in there.
03:10
Probably in the Garfield.
03:26
If state could block off the exit on Wentworth and Garfield going southbound, I mean northbound.
04:13
State police squad car.
04:19
All right, 924, I guess state is on scene, they're going to handle that.
04:25
And fire just put in an EMS plan one.
04:33
We're putting in a police plan one and a backlog.
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Location mentioned:
Garfield Red Line Station, Chicago, IL 60609
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