Box truck fire on shoulder of I-88 eastbound, Whiteside County IL
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Fire & ArsonA box truck was reported smoking and on fire on the shoulder of eastbound I-88 near mile marker 31. No people were seen near the vehicle and no flames were visible at the time of the report.
Audio|Heard on: Whiteside County Sheriff and Fire
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Transcript:
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Morrison Fire, I-88, mile marker 31 eastbound for a vehicle fire.
00:16
Morrison Fire, respond 1039 to I-88, mile marker 31 in the eastbound lane, report of a box truck on fire on the shoulder of the road, called in by a passerby advising he did not see any people with it, saw it smoking,
00:32
no flames.
00:34
Morrison Fire,
00:36
respond.
00:37
1039, I-88 mile marker 31 eastbound box truck pulled over on the side of the road, shoulder of the road on fire.
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I-88, Illinois
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