Small vehicle fire at Metropolitan Square parking

Heard on: Red Center Dispatch

01:33

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

00:00

Engine 61 and truck 2, vehicle fire, Metropolitan Square, (number withheld) Pearson Street, in Des Plaines.

00:08

Grid 6185, (number withheld) Pearson Street, vehicle fire.

00:14

Engine 61 and truck 2.

00:19

From Battalion 61, if you could replace tower 2 with service truck 61.

00:24

Master, this is truck 2, Sam.

00:34

Service truck 61, vehicle fire, Metropolitan Square, (number withheld) Pearson Street, in Des Plaines.

00:42

Grid 6185, (number withheld) Pearson Street, vehicle fire, service truck 61.

01:02

Sixty-one. Nothing showing from a, looks like a tool from the back of an SUV.

01:22

Fire is out.

01:24

We'll be out investigating.

01:25

You can hold the response.

01:29

This is Engine 61, fire's out.

01:32

Service trucking, we're done.

7/30/2026 06:45 AM

Fire

Pearson St, Des Plaines, IL 60016

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a reported vehicle fire at a parking complex near Pearson Street in Des Plaines. Responders found what appeared to be a small fire in items at the back of an SUV and reported that the fire was out while they checked the area and held additional incoming units.