Icy road conditions cause street closures in Charleston, Charleston IL
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Road ClosureFire crews coordinated road closures and safety measures near 15th and 16th Streets in Charleston due to icy conditions. A salt truck and heavy equipment were deployed to improve road safety.
Audio|Heard on: Coles County Police, Fire, EMS and EMA
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04:11
Transcript:
00:00
7.027.
00:08
Justine some champagne is not blocked off.
00:12
Thank you, you.
00:16
That should be good, Donald.
00:19
Hey Whalen, pull forward first.
00:22
They come straight down the middle of the road.
00:27
Jake, you want me to use 23 to block off the other half, the other side?
00:33
Yes, please.
00:37
Okay.
00:41
Okay.
00:45
... 77, so much, 79.
00:57
Chief, your high hoes here on a low boy on Richmond between 15th and 16th.
01:09
Have him...
01:10
Have you found the salt trap?
01:13
I just got hold of Seaccom, he's en route.
01:16
They had him go spread around the water towers where they were filling.
01:19
He's in route to us now.
01:23
Actually, I think I see him sitting here at 15th in Champagne.
01:30
Okay, I see him now.
01:32
Yeah, if he can come around here, we'll move this hose before the highhoe gets in here.
01:36
Youngie is getting ready to move his squad so the highhoe can get closer.
01:40
Yeah, once I get this salt truck down there to throw salt underneath 24, have that highhoe back...
01:51
back down 5 feet,
01:55
6 feet street from Richmond.
01:57
Okay,
01:59
4, Chief, got it.
02:00
We're trying to get a 5-inch line walk and have the way right the moment.
02:09
Supermassivity.
02:12
Stand by just second.
02:14
Howard City Truck is headed to your way.
02:23
Father, I'm assuming you're gonna have him back down here what we're gonna want him to do.
02:28
Yes, I told him to back down.
02:32
See how this is car two, go ahead.
02:38
Two.
02:43
We're gonna run the wand to repulsion air bottle.
02:49
I understand.
02:53
But we are back in town.
03:03
Hey, you're many air cylinders.
03:10
We just... We were going to switch real quick.
03:15
All right, this was a lot of way brief.
03:18
Thank you.
03:23
Zyver from Cloudvilder.
03:31
I'm coming to you, Cloudfelzer.
03:35
Copy that.
03:38
Car 2, Seacom.
03:41
Go ahead, C-Tom.
03:45
Are you still meeting barricades from PD?
03:48
If so, where?
03:56
Okay, I'm blocked on Champagne at 15th and 16th.
04:02
I'm going to need Richmond blocked off at Coles and then 15th Street.
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Location mentioned:
16th St, Charleston, IL 61920
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