Vehicle ablaze on I-180 Northbound at mile 4.5, Bureau County IL

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/2/2025 02:45 PM

I-180, Illinois

A vehicle caught fire on the northbound I-180 near mile marker 4.5. Fire and emergency services responded, and traffic in both northbound and southbound directions was stopped to manage the situation.

Audio|Source: Bureau County Sheriff, Fire and EMS

02:46

Transcript:

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Attention, Princeton Fire Department. Princeton Fire Department, you're being requested at I-180 Northbound at the 4.5.

00:06

I-180 North Bond at the 4.5 for a vehicle that is on fire.

00:11

Time around 1645, so if you can be at 6 time to come there.

00:21

Com 811 in the route is a 4.5 northbound I-180.

00:26

Union General Alarm[1], if you haven't out already.

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11 showing you en route requesting General Alarm[1].

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Attention,

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all Princeton personnel, you're being requested to I-180 Northbound at the 4.5, I-180 Northbound at the 4.5 for a vehicle that is fully involved in flames, time now 1646. If you could get to clear and become clear.

01:10

811 for the inform information.

01:14

That's 811.

01:17

We advise,

01:20

North-Sown and South South traffic is now coming to a stop the entire vehicle for all the point.

01:30

Faster Steve.

01:32

I'm going to start toward that vehicle fire as well.

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I'm on top one.

01:50

Bicom major with zero zero zero

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six and a second now

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You can control 8.21 route to IE for the disappear.

02:00

Time for. Time 4.

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29 and I will be 23.

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02:15

You can't put my son, I'll be 203.

02:24

We found 416, you can close this out by Air Force.

02:28

Okay,

02:36

Tom, 811-Bondstein.

02:39

One vehicle fully involved, we're out making an offensive attack. 111A's command.

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Time 4 is showing you on scene in command.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

General Alarm: Expanded alarm level requesting a broad response for a significant incident (here, a structure fire)

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