Vehicle fire near I-255 and State Route 3 in Columbia, Columbia IL
Fire & ArsonA vehicle near I-255 and State Route 3 caught fire with flames visible under the oil pan next to a Sheriff's Department car. Responders are on scene handling the situation.
Audio|Source: Monroe County Sheriff and EMA, Waterloo Fire
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Transcript:
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Please respond to the area of I-255 and State Route 3.
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I-255 and State Route 3 had a third-party caller.
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There was a first responder out with a vehicle.
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When you pass by, you could see flames dripping under the oil pans next to the Sheriff's Department car.
00:13
Unknown which department that says, timeouts 1959.
00:17
Let me dispatch 1914s en route.
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1914, around 22.
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We get everybody love coaching of this.
00:23
With the area, he was saying he just came from Barnes, they crossed the bridge, and it's going to be coming across, I believe, northbound from my 255 to stay Route 3, because there's a first respondent out with a vehicle, and there's planes coming from under the oil pan of the vehicle, and they were not aware of it.
00:38
We've checked with state and county, say he has a stop a little bit further north.
00:42
County is not out there at all.
00:43
And reporting copies.
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Location mentioned:
I-255 & IL-3, Columbia, IL 62236
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