Minor smoke from heater causes evacuation at woodridge building, Woodridge IL
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Fire & ArsonA structure fire alarm at a Woodridge building near Woodward Avenue prompted evacuation and response. Authorities later found smoke caused by a heater, with no active fire, and canceled the full fire response.
Audio|Heard on: Southeast DuPage County Police and Fire
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05:51
Transcript:
00:00
Fire. Structure Fire, District 895, near Woodward Avenue, Woodridge, Battalion 100, Battalion 89, Chief 183, Deputy 103, Deputy 89, Engine 105, Engine 52, Engine 90, Ladder 89, Medic 89, Medic 90, Squad 53, Tower 102, Cross Street of Cambridge Road and North Drive.
00:29
A reckless driving complaint.
00:31
Eastbound 55 from 83.
00:33
Eastbound 55 from 83.
00:34
Collar's name is a silver, older model, Mercedes that was going on around 80 miles per hour.
00:41
Once again, eastbound 55 from 83.
00:47
You know,
00:49
let me try to pick up the wall.
00:55
That's interesting.
01:02
In front of the first off already.
01:08
In front of the first off already.
01:15
Trevor.
01:21
Can for. That's if you want to.
01:28
You have to open ten more.
01:34
We got the east door cross open.
01:37
We're going to have that second floor.
01:43
Reported fire near Woodward Avenue.
01:51
Heated on the scene, they said it's unit 301, there's a heater that was burned, there's no active fire right now.
01:57
They've got the left side door prop open.
02:01
Reported by your message received.
02:03
PD is working on evacuating the building right now.
02:08
Yeah, zero.
02:11
Deputy 89, okay.
02:19
Outbound,
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depending on how your caller called it in.
02:25
Keene, too, I was hungry three southbound of 55, but I did not see it in the north homeland.
02:36
Coming to Shopetown 8 and the scene.
02:39
The three-story multi-family nothing's shown from three sides of command here for a gun run.
02:49
All right, Battalion 89, you're on the scene, nothing from freeze size, taking command on fire gun, red.
02:59
Um, 1052 is on the scene, northbound on Woodward.
03:03
Switching to Red.
03:05
All right, 152, you're Northbound on Woodward.
03:28
104 on the command central, I do see that it looks like he's at headquarters.
03:52
F.
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B. Alarm. School O Church.
03:56
District 850, 540 West Auburn Avenue, Kinsdale, Battalion 84, Engine 84, Letter 86, Medicaid 86, Kensington School, Cross Street of North Madison Street and North Monroe Street.
04:19
Engine 90 Venetian, we're going to be on woodward.
04:23
We will have a hydrant right behind us at 73.23.
04:33
Message.
04:36
Check 183 in this year.
04:39
Cique 183, okay.
05:07
9804 is around Kensington school.
05:10
That's just a safe.
05:34
For water command.
05:38
Go ahead, command.
05:41
Everyone can't cancel the structure of fire response.
05:44
It's set by floorboard heater,
05:47
smoking. We can handle it with dairy companies and engine 52.
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Woodward Ave, Woodridge, IL 60517
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