Tree on house with utility wire down on Virginia

Heard on: DuPage 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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We've got Deputy 21.

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We had a tree on a house, wire down, no immediate hazard.

00:04

Just had this one to ComEd to list on Virginia.

00:08

Not serious.

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Engine 23, DuComm.

00:13

Go ahead, sir.

00:17

23, I'm looking for keyholders for (number withheld) West Lake Street.

00:21

I do not have any.

00:24

Message received.

00:27

DuComm, Engine 23.

00:32

By luck, we located the fire alarm panel in an exterior locked door.

00:37

Alarm's been secured.

00:38

We're in service returning.

00:41

Wonderful, thank you.

00:43

Engine 21, do you copy?

00:46

Go for engine 21.

00:49

The wire on the house, (number withheld) Virginia, was that pole to pole or pole to house?

00:56

Pull the house.

00:59

Copy that.

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And the tree is still on the wires.

6/24/2026 05:54 PM

Utility Hazard

Virginia St, Downers Grove, IL 60515

Tree on house with utility wire down on Virginia

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a report of a tree that had fallen onto a house and its utility line near Virginia Street in Downers Grove. The situation was described as not immediately hazardous, and the utility company was notified. A separate fire alarm issue at a commercial address on West Lake Street was checked, secured from outside, and the unit returned to service.

Tree on house with utility wire down on Virginia

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