Small tree fire caused by downed wire on Dixie

Heard on: Will IL Fire Dispatch Group Calls

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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By unit at (number withheld) Dixie is reporting a small fire in that tree with the wire down.

00:06

You want to shake ComEd a little bit, please?

00:12

We'll possibly get fire back over there.

00:14

I'll tell them if they want to go, but definitely try to get ComEd escalated.

00:19

Yeah, that's affirmative.

00:20

I'll get ComEd and I'll let the fire department know as well.

00:24

Thank you.

00:27

LCC ambulance 42 is going to be clear returning from Dyer.

00:33

Ambulance 42, message received.

00:36

LCC 278.

00:39

278, go ahead.

00:42

Yeah, we're going to hold up Engine 77 on this.

00:45

You can put me on it.

00:47

But EMA is out there sitting on this.

00:48

We're just waiting for ComEd.

00:53

Yeah,

00:54

278, that's affirmative.

00:55

EMA advised that the tree reignited.

00:57

There's a small fire in a tree.

00:59

I'm on the line with ComEd right now, though you may have a situation as well.

8/14/2026 06:31 AM

Fire

S Dixie Hwy, Crete, IL 60417

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews monitored a small fire in a tree near South Dixie Highway after a wire reportedly came down. Units held an engine in place while waiting for the electric utility company to respond, and emergency management reported the tree had reignited.

Small tree fire caused by downed wire on Dixie

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