Trailer of shredded paper smoldering near building

Heard on: Lake County Fire

01:05

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

At (number withheld) Abbott Park Road, unit (number withheld).

00:04

At (number withheld) Abbott Park Road, unit (number withheld).

00:08

Grid 46 CTH1.

00:11

A vehicle fire.

00:12

Engine 461 and Battalion 46.

00:20

This is going to be unfounded.

00:25

Nobody's stuck in the elevator, and we don't have any patient here at this time.

00:32

Engine 412, message received.

00:38

Trailer, the trailer has shredded paper in it and it's smoldering with a burning smell.

00:45

He doesn't see flames at this time, but he's not opening up the trailer, so by the dock area.

00:55

Message received.

00:56

Is it, you said (number withheld) feet away from the building?

01:03

Affirmative, that is what the caller is telling me.

2026-10-28 17:53 UTC

Fire

Martin Luther King Jr Dr, North Chicago, IL 60064

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 possible vehicle fire near a dock area at Abbott Park Road. A trailer with shredded paper was reportedly smoldering with a burning smell about (number withheld) feet from a building, with no visible flames reported. The incident was later described as unfounded.