Apparent pole fire reported near South Western Ave, Chicago IL
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a possible pole fire near South Western Avenue between 51st and 53rd Streets. Units investigated the area but found no active fire. The situation was cleared, and responding crews returned to service.
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01:54
Transcript:
00:00
Fire near South Western Avenue.
00:07
Unit 122 en route to 51st and Western for pole fire.
00:13
Message indicates location between 51st and 53rd.
00:21
Between 51st and 53rd.
00:25
Engine 63 to Englewood, hold off the response.
00:28
Bad cook.
00:29
All in service.
00:31
Referred.
00:33
Engine 63, message received.
00:37
Tower 54, Englewood.
00:41
Tower 54.
00:44
Hold the ambulance while ALS engine available.
00:49
Message received, ambulance 67.
00:57
Unit seventy-three, hold the ambulance.
00:58
Giving a refusal order.
01:01
Seventy-three EMS received all from ambulance seventy-two.
01:09
Go to truck sixteen, truck sixteen.
01:14
Truck sixteen proceeding to near South Cornell.
01:25
Seventy-three returning refusal.
01:30
Engine seventy-three, message received.
01:37
Engine fifty-four northbound, nothing showing.
01:42
Truck twenty-seven.
01:48
Unit one twenty-three angle.
01:49
Do we have anything else on the pole fire? Checked from fifty-third to fifty-first.
01:53
No visible fire activity.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
S Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60609
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