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Fire and suspicious persons reported under bridge at Indianapolis and EwingChicago IL

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S Indianapolis Ave & S Ewing Ave, Chicago, IL 60617

A fire was reported under the bridge near Indianapolis Ave and S Ewing Ave. Authorities noted an earlier controlled fire in the area. A male and a female were seen taking pictures and lighting torches near the fire. It is unclear if the fire and the people are connected or if they were filming a video.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 08
00:33
Transcript:
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4.31, this had came over as a fire[2], Ewing and Indianapolis, Indianapolis and Ewing, under the bridge.
00:06
Per the caller, there was something on fire[2] under the bridge.
00:10
CFD went over there and they returned to quarters.
00:13
420 informed us that there was a controlled fire[2] in the area earlier.
00:17
Not sure if it's related, but it also came over as a suspicious person[1] at that location.
00:22
The caller stated that there was a male and a female taking pictures and using flames, lighting torches.
00:30
Not sure if they were shooting a video.
00:31
Can you just check the area, please? No further.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
suspicious person: Report of a suspicious person
[2]
fire: Fire-related incident requiring fire department or emergency services response

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Location mentioned:
S Indianapolis Ave & S Ewing Ave, Chicago, IL 60617
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