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Fire blocks southbound lanes at Pulaski and ElstonChicago IL

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N Pulaski Rd & N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60641

According to the dispatch call, fire at Pulaski Road and Elston Avenue is causing traffic control, blocking southbound lanes and allowing only buses to pass.

Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 01
Listen to dispatch call
01:2
Transcript:
00:00
Well, can you ask if they need a traffic block at Pulaski and Elston southbound?
00:13
Do you guys need for the units over there on the fire? Do you need Elston and Pulaski southbound blocked?
00:21
Yeah, there's a car over there.
00:23
If that's them, that's great.
00:26
Stay where you are at four three.
00:29
I want to let the buses though, just no one else.
00:36
You copy 1713 .
00:41
Seventeen, that's what.
00:43
Pulaski and Belle Plaine blocking northbound.
00:47
All right, 17 forty-three.
00:50
Yeah, just hold tight over there, Elston and Pulaski for the traffic southbound.
00:56
But don't let any other vehicles.
01:00
Just let the buses through.
01:01
No other vehicle.

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Location mentioned:
N Pulaski Rd & N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60641

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Incident Timeline

  1. Roadway Reopened
  2. Additional Block at Belle Plaine
  3. Traffic Block Expanded to Elston and Pulaski
  4. Additional Units Assigned
  5. Clarification of Traffic Direction
  6. Initial Traffic Block Established

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