Possible intentional flooding in Evanston apartment

Heard on: Evanston Fire

01:17

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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Service detail for engine 24.

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(number withheld) Brummel Street, apartment (number withheld) as in Frank.

00:09

Caller's advising water coming into her apartment from the ceiling above her.

00:17

Service detail for engine 24.

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(number withheld) Brummel Street,

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apartment (number withheld) is in Frank.

00:24

Caller is advising water running into her apartment from the ceiling above her in the 3rd floor apartment.

00:31

Time out is 1729 .

00:35

Jelly on, you can come back.

00:42

Received.

00:52

Dispatch, come in, 24.

00:57

Engine 24.

01:01

Yeah, police come to this location for report purposes.

01:05

Second floor,

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3rd floor. Complaints from residents.

01:10

That's the reason why there's flooding.

01:12

Potentially intentional.

01:16

3C.

7/23/2026 03:28 PM

Other Incidents

Brummel St, Evanston, IL 60202

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a report of water leaking into a second-floor apartment in a multiunit building on Brummel Street in Evanston. The caller reported water coming from the ceiling, possibly originating from an upper-floor unit. Police were requested to come to the location for report purposes due to resident complaints, and the flooding was described as potentially intentional.