Smoldering park bench fire in North Chicago

Heard on: Lake County Quad 1 Fire Departments

05:33

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

District 15A, Engine 151, outside fire at (number withheld) Fox Park Avenue, North Chicago, Fox Park NB, near Lakeview Drive and Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway.

00:14

Time on 1200.

00:16

1200.

01:19

Aerial 451 on scene, come for your staging.

01:32

Aerial 451 from Lake Township, information.

01:45

Air 121, driver, your transmissions are not coming through.

01:49

If you can copy, PD on scene now advising you can disregard.

01:59

That's received.

02:00

We are clear returning.

02:02

Air 121, clear returning.

02:26

Wake up from 1015.

02:27

If you can put me on a call to (number withheld) Fox Park, please.

02:32

Copy the 1015.

02:33

I will attach you.

05:20

Lake County, 151 is on location.

05:24

Got a bench in the park.

05:26

Looks like it's smoldering.

05:27

We'll be out investigating.

05:30

151, on location, bench in the park, smoldering.

2026-09-13 10:00 UTC

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Park Ave, North Chicago, IL 60064

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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 reported outside fire near Fox Park Avenue in North Chicago by Lakeview Drive and a nearby railway. Units later found a possible smoldering bench in the park and investigated the scene.

Smoldering park bench fire in North Chicago

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