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Small mattress fire contained on Maplewood Avenue, Chicago IL

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/27/2025 08:52 AM

N Maplewood Ave, Chicago, IL 60622

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency responders were dispatched to a reported fire near North Maplewood Avenue. Crews found heavy smoke from a small mattress fire on the second floor, which was quickly contained. No injuries or major damage were reported.

Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 03

Listen to dispatch call

01:11

Transcript:

00:00

Fire, Maplewood bonfire.

00:06

Have they gotten there yet? Anybody know if it's a fire? Has anyone made us Maplewood yet?

00:12

Say what we made it back was there is like smoke coming in.

00:18

We're walking in.

00:21

We got our ears up at seventy-one.

00:23

Maybe they're walking in about the city.

00:26

Got my ears up, guys.

00:27

Use caution.

00:33

Fourteen twenty-one.

00:35

Twenty-one. The call from earlier where the neighbors were fighting.

00:38

All right, is a fire modified?

00:45

Be advised, earlier today that's the call we kept with the neighbors.

00:49

First unit on scene, well there are you guys just let me know if that's about a fire or not.

00:53

Thank you.

00:57

One 434. Yeah,

01:03

1434. I was just talking to the firefighter guys over here.

01:07

They said it's like just a small mattress where they're taking out.

01:10

So minor.

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Location mentioned:

N Maplewood Ave, Chicago, IL 60622

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