Possible controlled burn at Baxter Road grass area, Cherry Valley IL
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, the fire department responded to a grass fire near Baxter Road, initially reported as a house fire. It was later identified as a possible controlled burn that is permitted in the area.
Audio|Heard on: Winnebago County Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
01:13
Transcript:
00:00
Cherry Valley Fire, respond to grass fire near Baxter Road.
00:07
Cherry Valley Fire, respond to grass fire near Baxter Road.
00:22
Attention, Cherry Valley fire department.
00:27
Unknown fire call near Baxter Road initially reported as residential fire.
00:35
Then advising this is possibly a brush fire and now finally possibly a controlled burn,
00:42
which is obviously allowed in your jurisdiction.
00:45
Boy Henry 43.
00:53
Time for engine 6.
00:58
Sounds beat.
01:03
4-1-562.
01:08
This is possibly just an open burning call, however it was put in as a residential structure fire.
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Location mentioned:
Baxter Rd, Cherry Valley, IL 61016
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