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Fire escalates at Danville nursing home with heavy smoke, Danville IL

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/30/2025 04:41 PM

E Seminary St, Danville, IL 61832

Firefighters respond to a fire alarm at Churchill Towers which caused heavy smoke on multiple floors, prompting a full alarm response to protect residents at this Danville care facility.

Audio|Heard on: Vermilion County, Rossville, Hoopeston and Danville Fire Departments

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01:19

Transcript:

00:00

Engine one engine, command, or card 20.

00:08

Churchill,

00:10

first alarm of private alarm, 101 in Seminary Street, Churchill Tower, showing General Alarm[1], no signator for activation.

00:19

Tensionary 1, engine 2, truck 11,

00:21

normal commander car 20.

00:23

Personal and private alarm, 101 East Seminary Street, Churchill Towers.

00:27

Shuggen General Alarm[1], no designator for activation.

00:31

Cross Street, our Hazel and Jackson, time out 1840.

00:34

Okay.

00:39

Okay. Okay, Senator Tudgeon Ralph.

00:42

Just for information, we're getting additional calls with heavy smoke on the third and fifth floor or there's no way correction.

00:57

People on the third, this floor are on the third, fifth floor.

01:05

Hey, small command.

01:07

I was signing in Carthani, but going to upgrade this to a foster farm.

01:12

We saw them in a mission.

01:14

It will be out there.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

General Alarm: Expanded alarm level requesting a broad response for a significant incident (here, a structure fire)

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Location mentioned:

E Seminary St, Danville, IL 61832

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It is not a nursing home, it is public housing

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