Garbage truck fire in Gurnee quickly extinguished, Gurnee IL
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Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a garbage truck fire in Gurnee. The fire involved a Comcast line but was quickly extinguished and checked with no further issues reported.
Audio|Heard on: Lake County Quad 1 Fire Departments
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03:56
Transcript:
00:00
Any engine, 131 location? Do have a garbage truck with its load on fire.
00:06
Yeah, I'll check.
00:08
Engine 131 and C.
00:10
On truck with a load on fire.
00:14
Danny Battalion 13th location, command.
00:17
We're going to work on red.
00:21
The location you're going to work on red.
00:34
District 12A.N.H.
00:37
Ambulance 1221.
00:38
Sick person.
00:40
At near Eastwood Road and Anthony Court.
00:47
Time out 0842.842.
01:01
District 15A, Engine 15-1, reading problems at near Martin Luther King Jr.
01:09
Drive, North Chicago,
01:11
near Hillcrest Avenue and Natural Avenue.
01:13
Time of 0842.
01:28
District 131136.
01:31
Ambulance 131.
01:32
Vehicle fire at near North First Street and North Joletti Road.
01:40
Timeout 0843.
01:45
Good job. That's right now.
01:57
One round M okay.
02:01
One flight, one ten, one.
02:06
Maycon green, AMOS 131, Scooby-N route.
02:10
AMS 131, sir.
02:15
Teams are not to 306, I'm okay.
02:22
Let's see to re-identify.
02:32
Plaincom, the Italian 15 throughout the MLC as well.
02:36
Battalion 15, 104-0, okay.
02:41
Okay. Okay.
02:45
4-4-4-1.
02:53
You just need for a rampart or you want to swing a level?
03:05
Ambulums 331, or you call on Battalion 13?
03:11
You know if you wanted to Vanpoor or if you want us to bring them on?
03:17
Coming to an ambulance and approach from the east, you have to drive past Dorchester.
03:26
Danforth.
03:28
That's again from 1931.
03:32
It looks like we got it.
03:33
We got it. Italian 13.
03:35
Is this time?
03:38
Italian 13. Italian 13.
03:46
Blake, this is a Comcast line that was on the garbage truck and you could still keep comment.
03:51
We did have an active fire under their lines briefly if they just want to check it out non-emergent.
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Gurnee, IL 60031
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