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Rubbish fire under power lines in ChicagoChicago IL

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N Austin Ave & W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60630

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a report of a pole on fire near N Austin Ave and W Lawrence Ave in Chicago. Engine 108 found rubbish burning under power lines and requested that the utility company check the wires. No injuries were reported.

Audio|Heard on: Cook IL Fire Dispatch Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:46
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 108 to me.
00:01
Engine 108.
00:04
We're at Lawrence and Austin for the pole on fire.
00:07
Do you have any more information on this?
00:09
108, stand by.
00:12
I have 108.
00:13
This was called in by a passerby.
00:14
That's all we're going to have.
00:17
Message received.
00:18
We'll take another quick look.
00:20
We know 108, 108.
00:22
Can you check the alley behind (number withheld)?
00:25
(number withheld).
00:27
Alley behind (number withheld).
00:31
Engine 23 is on the scene, sir, back in Western looking for the accident.
00:35
Do you have any more on this?
00:37
Engine 23, message received.
00:40
Engine 23 to main, do you have any more information on this?
00:47
Stand by 20.
00:48
We were going to give them a call back.
00:50
All right, Engine 23, this is a non-working phone number.
00:54
I'm not able to call them back.
00:55
They didn't give us anything else on this.
00:59
Engine 23, message received.
01:01
Yeah, we looked around, we don't see anything.
01:03
We're going to be in service returning.
01:04
You can hold off the ambulance.
01:07
Our message received.
01:08
We'll hold the ambulance 34.
01:10
Me to 466, 466, do you read?
01:15
Battalion Seven to Main.
01:16
Battalion Seven.
01:19
Office, you could hold up 466 on this.
01:22
I'm here with the police relocated the cause and I'm going to take care of it.
01:26
It's going to be a police matter.
01:28
Battalion Seven, 466 return 466.
01:33
108 to Main.
01:35
108.
01:37
We had a little rubbish here underneath the power lines.
01:40
It looked like the insulator from it.
01:42
Can you have the utility company come out to this location to check on the wires.
01:45
One hundred and eight, message received.

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Location mentioned:
N Austin Ave & W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60630
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