Fire incident involving tanks containing anhydrous ammonia near County Highway 18; units discuss road closures, smoke direction, and possible evacuation of Old State Village., Mattoon IL
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire incident involving tanks containing anhydrous ammonia near County Highway 18; units discuss road closures, smoke direction, and possible evacuation of Old State Village.
Audio|Heard on: Coles County Police, Fire, EMS and EMA
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06:29
Transcript:
00:00
We've got some anhydrous in some of these tanks back here.
00:11
Is the road behind,
00:17
what is that, what is that, County Highway 18, is it shut down?
00:28
We believe county's got a shutdown, and they are going to double check to confirm that.
00:35
Okay,
00:37
if they could have a county officer go get, maybe sit on the interstate?
00:47
and see how smoke's carrying.
00:51
Because if one of these ain't hydras, thankfully, you start sweating it up.
00:56
We need to start thinking about evacuating the areas around here.
01:20
Tom 3 x-ray, one-six.
01:23
One-six guys.
01:25
One-six is arriving on scene.
01:26
Can you please verify the apartment?
01:35
It's going to be apartment 6767.
01:39
Man, you want me, is still turning around or go on out there to where you're at?
01:58
Reynolds from five dollars.
02:02
Yeah.
02:04
If you're not tied up down there, because you come down here to 21, and this is for a moment.
02:10
Yeah, sure, thank you.
02:26
Cloud filter from Hearst.
02:31
Go ahead.
02:34
I think the interstate's good.
02:37
That's going northeast,
02:40
kind of towards Old State Village.
02:48
First, turn two.
02:51
Go ahead.
02:55
Is that smoke lifting before it gets to Old State Village?
03:03
No, it's pretty low the ground.
03:05
It's probably 30 yards from the ground.
03:16
Okay.
03:19
If you could let your officers know, if this is anhydrous, we have to evacuate,
03:27
I'm going to need people in Old State Village quickly,
03:31
getting those them out of there.
03:37
10.4. I'm going to stay, the house is just east of the fire on the county road, just to keep an eye on that, but I'll advise.
03:49
Okay, topic.
03:51
Yeah, those houses are going to need to be the first to go, and they will need to go, exit,
03:58
get them out towards 650, have them go that way to get away from it.
04:08
Okay,
04:09
just advise when you or if we need to get to that point.
04:13
I'll stand by here.
04:15
Okay, we're trying to not get to that point, so I just want to have a plan in place.
04:28
Meister, car two.
04:30
Does everybody that is up on a handline, they all have air packs on?
04:35
They don't have to be on air, but does everybody have an air pack?
04:40
Yeah,
04:44
Card 2, I'll go to face to face with them.
04:46
Those ain't hydrantous tanks are still upright.
04:49
There's three pallets of them.
04:51
They do not look like they're in any danger right now at all.
04:57
Thank heavens.
05:00
Something finally going our way.
05:04
Hello, Josh and Meister from Yolke.
05:07
I'm over here on the 8th side with all three groups of guys on the handline.
05:12
Everybody does have an airpack.
05:17
Car 2 copies, thank you.
05:22
From cyber, B-side, same fabric.
05:32
One six-fid.
05:34
Is there out to Sarabush?
05:38
20-01.
05:46
Black Felderon Hill, guys.
05:48
21 is now drafting, flying 309.
05:54
Copy that, thank you.
06:03
309, go back to the left if you can.
06:13
Kenny, are you on that delta side by 24?
06:19
Yes, that's correct.
06:21
Okay,
06:23
keep eyes on those three pallets of anhydrous, please.
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18th St, Mattoon, IL 61938
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