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Dumpster fire spreads to back porch near East 78th StreetChicago IL

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E 78th St, Chicago, IL 60649

According to the dispatch call, a fire started in a dumpster near East 78th Street and spread to the building's back porch.

Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 08
Listen to dispatch call
01:24
Transcript:
00:00
New to the board in four, I'm getting a dumpster fire near East 78th.
00:07
Near East 78th Street.
00:08
The dumpsters on fire at the side of the building.
00:10
Also pending in four, I have a domestic near East 80th.
00:14
Near East 80th Street, Department 1 on the 1.
00:16
The child's mother is outside in a great vehicle, wanting to get her belongings.
00:20
She has a court order but called him.
00:23
And then still pending in the backlog is that suspicious auto with over an hour on it and a missing person.
00:28
On the 10-the-three-hour mark.
00:30
What's a job spending? In 4.4.
00:32
In the back one.
00:38
432 for info.
00:42
Hey,
00:45
you're waiting on Steam for a towing, right?
00:49
Tows just pick up the car.
00:55
Okay,
00:56
that's how left, just 10-4, because it wasn't ordered as a priority, so we were trying to make sure that you were getting taken care of.
01:02
All right, you're going into 4 now.
01:05
That's a big 10-4.
01:06
All right, thanks.
01:09
Good night.
01:14
Well, the fire on 78th Street is now spread to the back porch.
01:20
Near East 78th Street started out of the dumpster, now the porch is on fire.

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Location mentioned:
E 78th St, Chicago, IL 60649

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