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Fire alarm with smoke at multi-family building near West 98th StOak Lawn IL

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W 98th St, Oak Lawn, IL 60453

According to the dispatch call, a fire alarm was triggered at a two-story multi-family building near West 98th Street, Oak Lawn. Partial evacuation occurred and smoke was detected on the third floor and in a hallway. Fire units and medical teams responded to the scene. The situation may involve a possible smoke condition but details are unclear.

Audio|Heard on: Palos Heights and Orland Park Police, Fire / EMS
Listen to dispatch call
04:13
Transcript:
00:00
1473, we got a fire alarm near West 98th Street.
00:03
Do you want to hear this?
00:09
Central,
00:18
let's use the mountain road.
00:22
Thanks for the route, sorry.
00:34
Chicago Ridge, 6504 Battalion 6 and 6502 fire alarm near West 98th Street.
00:56
Central Squad 1 returning.
01:01
Squad one, okay.
01:09
Central Med Two is en route.
01:13
Med Two, that's right.
01:20
Central Med Three is in service returning.
01:27
Med Three are in service.
01:34
The 16 is advising they're going to be at the east entrance, east estuary of that hickory tree.
01:49
Central truck three in service returning.
01:54
Truck three okay.
02:00
Sixty-five oh two, sixty-five oh four in route.
02:02
Seventy thirty-six ninety-eighth street, 3rd floor smoke.
02:14
Central battalion one could be in service returning.
02:21
Battalion one, you are in service returning.
02:26
Six thousand 504 from South Watts.
02:28
Battalion 6 is going to be delayed about 5 min responding on this.
02:36
Central Engine One available.
02:48
Engine One, okay.
02:50
Southwest 65, 44 is on scene.
02:54
That's the building.
02:55
We have a two-story multi-family, partial evacuation.
02:58
We'll be out of it.
03:01
504, okay, you're on the scene.
03:11
Six 502 for 6511 .
03:16
Go ahead.
03:22
Activation 34 sounds like smoking.
03:29
You said small bright cigarette smoke?
03:36
Correct. You can go for restore.
03:40
Message received.
03:48
The 10-6 from 6504.
03:56
Go ahead, 6504, I'm pulling up here to them.
04:04
B6, we got a reset.
04:05
There's smoking in the hallway.
04:07
You should return.
04:08
All right, they're on their way there.

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W 98th St, Oak Lawn, IL 60453

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Incident Timeline

  1. Fire Alarm Reactivated
  2. Smoke Reported on Third Floor
  3. Dispatch Clarifies Location and Units Assigned
  4. Initial Fire Alarm Reported

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