Laundromat dryer catches fire in Chicago, Chicago IL
A fire started in a laundromat dryer near West 63rd Street in Chicago. The small fire was quickly extinguished by emergency responders. No injuries were reported, and the cause was likely plastic left in the dryer during use.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 06
05:58
Transcript:
00:00
I'm sorry, 821.
00:02
821? Yes, there's nothing going on here.
00:05
You sure it's the place?
00:07
Yeah, it was near West 63rd Street, yep.
00:11
Well,
00:12
you want to try street, they got two different addresses on here now.
00:15
One says,
00:17
63rd Street, once it's place.
00:19
Solar laundry.
00:26
Yeah, I'm going to go to the street because I'm going to replace it.
00:28
There's not even, there's no one home.
00:31
All right, temporal.
00:32
Let me know.
00:33
Let me look at the fire ticket real quick.
00:38
Yeah, the fire ticket has street.
00:41
It looks like it was a dryer on fire.
00:49
And 725.
00:53
Two-five.
00:54
725, can you have a 23 just in case for this mail? We don't know what kind of mental state he's in.
01:01
The mail owner, Dan Ryan.
01:05
Right here.
01:07
723.
01:09
723. 723.
01:12
Talking to state police, they got them already.
01:15
They got them already? Okay.
01:17
All right, any other units that was heading that way for the mail on the expressway to Darren Ryan, you could take a disregard.
01:22
State police have them already.
01:25
25, I'll clear you up.
01:27
And 23, whenever you're ready, I'll take a call.
01:34
815, I'm going to drop a parker and you'll travel on your box.
01:39
Stop to hit the time.
01:40
Okay.
01:45
Do we have an 851?
01:51
851, can you show us from the station, waiting on keys?
01:55
Waiting on keys, all right.
01:59
All right, for units in 8, we're going to start in progress, 242 West on Columbus.
02:04
(Name withheld) is the caller by a male black who's trespassing and threatened the caller, refusing to leave.
02:09
He's dressed in a gray sweater and black pants.
02:12
No weapons, no further.
02:24
713
02:28
13 good morning we've got a recovered stolen auto near South Racine.
02:34
Unit 933 was in the area and got an LPR hit on a U-Haul with a plate of (name withheld), Arizona plate we'll put the plate on your box.
02:44
All right.
02:47
All right, 723.
02:52
Hello there.
02:54
Hey, 23, we've got another person that's calling.
02:57
They gave (number withheld) in the Dan Ryan.
03:00
If you don't mind headed that way.
03:02
The caller says they're a mental health professional, report a mentally ill male on the expressway, talking to himself, hand-raged to the sky, twisting around.
03:12
Caller says their concern for the ISP officer as well as the male safety, black, dark, complex, and talk.
03:19
Can you just make sure? they did, Marquette and the Dan Ryan, make sure the officers did.
03:26
I'll double-check, but I talked to them, we were at Marquette and the Dan Rite.
03:30
Okay.
03:37
6-1-33.
03:40
6-1-33 on Zon-6.
03:43
Morning Squad, I did a traffic stop last night near Pulaski.
03:48
Could you give me the time?
03:51
10 for somebody.
03:56
Last night at about 810.
03:59
I have,
04:01
the time was 2010.
04:03
Sorry, 2010 hour.
04:06
9.9, thank you.
04:08
No problem.
04:14
7.71.
04:18
7.1.
04:19
71. Good morning.
04:21
We get a call of a person call for help near St. Bernard at the ER.
04:27
Securities have an altercation with a male that's trespass and we have no descriptions.
04:31
They're supposed to be in the ER area.
04:33
No present.
04:36
104. Okay.
04:38
Thanks.
04:44
821.
04:49
821.
04:50
I just notify myself.
04:52
It's at the laundry place and it was just, I guess somebody washed some poles and had plastic in it and they put it in the dryer, causing the dryer to catch fire.
05:04
Okay, so far.
05:10
NID for 50191.
05:15
All right, 821, your ID is John John 488, 494.
05:21
That's 488494.
05:23
Your event is 02424, 02424.
05:26
2424.
05:35
I didn't copy.
05:37
821, I didn't copy.
05:38
Who you need no sign, Sergeant?
05:41
9.
05:42
All right, in 810.
05:47
810. 8.10, good morning.
05:49
821 has a bottom five fire at the laundromat near 63rd Street.
05:54
It was the dryer that was on fire.
05:57
Okay, I got it.
05:58
Thank you.
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Near W 63rd St, Chicago, IL 60638
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