Fire crews battle garage and brush fire near Church Rd, Madison County IL
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a structure and brush fire near a garage on Church Road in Illinois. Crews worked to contain the fire, monitoring nearby exposures and ensuring hose operations. Command coordinated trucks and water supply while checking for remaining hotspots.
Audio|Heard on: Madison IL Fire-Tac Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
03:18
Transcript:
00:00
Right.
00:02
1512, is 1517 or FD? I'm at a half tank on 1711 truck.
00:08
For the camp (name withheld)'s truck, I think 17's pulling up now.
00:13
Copy all that, line off.
00:15
Can we get to 1100, you inside chief?
00:18
All right, house looking good, we're just working on this other stuff over here.
00:24
Is that you on the hose line off of 69s?
00:36
Well, how's the exposure look?
00:38
Not much, chief, it's starting to die down.
00:42
All right, what about that two-story in the next block to your left? Does that all look okay?
00:47
Oh, firm, they have looked good.
00:49
The closest exposure looks like it's about five or ten feet away from a garage.
00:55
Command, fill those six.
01:03
(name withheld) Hill, can you go around the block so you can supply Church Road ladder?
01:44
We got the explosion knocked down back by the garage.
01:47
The fire is now mainly on the middle of the brush.
02:09
Units on the fire ground also watch that limb above.
02:42
Still got about twenty feet from the garage to the farm pile.
03:04
Fourteen sixty-nine has hose on the ground blocking the road as they are connected to the plug.
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Location mentioned:
Church Rd, Illinois 62097
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