Road closure on Jefferson Street and Larkin Avenue due to fire, Joliet IL
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Road ClosureAs discussed during the dispatch call, a road closure is in effect near Jefferson Street and Larkin Avenue due to an apparent fire from a nearby structure. Drivers are being directed to take detours via Larkin, McDonough, and Stryker streets to return to regular routes.
Audio|Heard on: Woodford IL Transportation Group Calls
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01:34
Transcript:
00:00
This is 3001 .
00:01
I am on the Jefferson Street going eastbound, and they just shut it down.
00:05
There is a fire.
00:07
Ten four on Jefferson and Larkin.
00:11
Okay, are you able to tell me how far the fire is?
00:18
I mean, how far that street is closed.
00:21
It looks like the fire is either subway, just one block up, or the place next to them because I can see the smoke and they have it cut off.
00:32
The police have it shut down right at the next block after Larkin eastbound going eastbound to the transit center.
00:38
Ten four.
00:40
Okay, so are you being forced to turn at Larkin? Yes, we have to turn either left or right.
00:49
Okay, make a right at Larkin and take it down to McDonough.
00:52
Make a left.
00:54
McDonough down to.
01:00
Midland, make a left back over to Jefferson.
01:05
10-4.
01:06
Right at Larkin's, left at McDonald's, left on Stryker, back to regular route.
01:11
10-4!
01:15
27 copy, I'm en route to check it out.
01:17
10-4?
01:19
10-4, thank you.
01:22
301.
01:24
Three hundred and one, not Midland Stryker.
01:26
So make a left at Stryker.
01:28
You can't go any further anyway, so you have to make a left here.
01:31
But it's Stryker, not Midland.
01:33
Okay, ten four.
01:34
Thank you.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
S Larkin Ave & W Jefferson St, Joliet, IL 60436
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