Two-story apartment fire on South Houston Avenue, Chicago IL
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a working fire in a two-story apartment building near South Houston Avenue in Chicago. The fire was located on the second floor, and multiple engine and truck companies, along with battalion and safety units, were dispatched to the scene. The building was occupied at the time of the incident.
Audio|Heard on: Chicago Fire - Digital
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Transcript:
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Eight thousand and thirty-one Houston, one hundred and twenty-six is on the scene.
00:02
We've got a two-story ordinary, nothing showing.
00:04
We're stop out.
00:07
One hundred and twenty-six on the scene.
00:12
One hundred and twenty-six, they're waving us down near Houston Avenue.
00:18
Eight thousand and thirty-one, near Houston Avenue.
00:26
Truck forty-nine, we're inside and we got a fire.
00:34
Nine hundred and twenty-three, we're going to give you a working fire response.
00:38
Your companies are going to be Engine one hundred and twenty-six, Engine forty-six, Truck forty-nine, Truck seventeen.
00:44
You are ready to be Truck thirty-four with the Fifth Battalion.
00:48
Battalion Nineteen will be your Safety Chief.
00:50
You have Two Hundred and Seventy-Seven Fire Squad Five in your EMS.
00:57
One hundred and twenty-six, well, we got a fire on the second floor.
01:00
Corrected address,
01:01
near Houston Avenue.
01:05
Twenty-six message received.
01:12
Engine five, you are going to be your RIT battalion five with truck thirty-four.
01:20
Squad five, are you involved? Squad five.
01:27
Ten twenty-three is on Houston.
01:28
All of a sudden, get back right with me.
01:35
Rip truck thirty-four.
01:38
Company thirty-four red with the tank five.
01:46
Two-story ordinary apartment building occupied.
01:51
Twenty-five by seventy-five.
01:54
Let out one line.
01:57
Side A main to the roof.
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Location mentioned:
S Houston Ave, Chicago, IL 60617
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