Tree on power line sparking with smoke

Heard on: DuPage IL Fire Dispatch Group Calls

01:06

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

Auto 107, I have you en route.

00:02

4 North, (number withheld) Hawthorne Avenue.

00:04

It's going to be for the tree down on the power line.

00:07

It's sparking, some smoke, no flames.

00:16

Message received.

00:17

Can you verify coming?

00:19

I'll give you a call when we get there.

00:22

Okay, message received.

00:24

Ladder 107 from ACDC.

00:28

Go ahead.

00:31

Contacted Palmetto and they advised that they don't have an ETA for us at this time.

00:37

Okay, message received.

00:38

Looks like it's going to be a pole to house that's not arcing currently.

00:45

Message received, pole to house not arcing.

00:49

ACD from ladder 107.

00:52

Ladder 107, go ahead.

00:55

This is going to be a pole to pole.

00:59

One of the top wires on the pole, not pole to house.

01:04

Okay, message received, pole to pole.

5/10/2026 09:10 AM

Fire & Arson

4N370 Hawthorne Ave, Bensenville, IL 60106

View on map

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 report of a tree down on a power line near Hawthorne Avenue in the Addison area. The line was sparking with some smoke but no flames were visible. The issue was later confirmed to be between two poles, not from a pole to a house.

Tree on power line sparking with smoke

Share This Information