Balloon causes wire fire near Green Bay Road, North Chicago IL
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Fire & ArsonA balloon hit electrical wires near Green Bay Road in North Chicago, causing a fire and downed wires. Emergency crews were dispatched to the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Lake County Quad 1 Fire Departments
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01:49
Transcript:
00:00
District 15A, engine 151, wire down, near Green Bay Road, North Chicago, near Martin Luther King Jr.
00:12
Drive in 24th Street, time of 1018.
00:29
District 15B, engine 152, wire down near Green Bay Road, North Chicago, near Martin Luther King Jr.
00:39
Drive in 24th Street.
00:41
Time of Penn 19.
00:56
District 18A.
00:58
Ambulance 182.
01:00
Traumatic injury.
01:01
Near Muirfield Drive.
01:04
Unit A, Zion.
01:06
Zion Senior Cottages, near Lyttham Street and Lytton Street.
01:10
Near Lyttham Street and Lytton Street.
01:13
Time up 1020.
01:20
Hey, Kyle, North Chicago, Ladder Tower, 151 is going to take the wires down.
01:25
Can you send that to my chat, please?
01:27
You're not sure, Steve.
01:28
You're not.
01:29
It looks like it's going to be the same call for a balloon that hit the wires, and now it's on fire.
01:41
Okay, down northside of time, Chief 15 is going to be en route to the wires now on Green Bay.
01:48
It's not at 15 ministers.
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Location mentioned:
Green Bay Rd, North Chicago, IL 60064
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