Small brush fire outside car wash on Oakton

Heard on: Evanston Fire

01:26

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

This is an engine detail for engine 24 to (number withheld) Oakton for a report of a bush on fire in the driveway to the car wash.

00:09

It's not against any structures.

00:11

This is an engine detail for engine 24 to (number withheld) Oakton at the car wash for the driveway, a bush on fire.

00:23

Not against the building.

00:25

Time out 1528.

00:32

Dispatch to Engine 24.

00:37

Go ahead for 24.

00:39

I changed the address on that.

00:41

We didn't have the right.

00:42

He hadn't given the right one.

00:44

(number withheld) Oakton for that car wash.

00:49

Received (number withheld) .

00:56

Two 425 received.

01:14

Two 425 received. Engine 24 is on.

01:17

Received.

01:19

Dispatch, Engine 24 is back in service.

01:21

No fire, fire was out prior to getting here.

01:24

Five staff members putting it out with a bucket of water.

7/23/2026 01:28 PM

Fire

Oakton St, Evanston, IL 60202

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews were sent to a car wash on Oakton Street for a reported small brush fire in the driveway that was not against any building. The fire appears to have been already out when Engine 24 arrived, after staff used a bucket of water to extinguish it.