Fire contained to paint department at elgin sweeper, Elgin IL


A fire broke out in the paint department of a building at elgin sweeper near West Bargwick Road. Fire crews arrived on scene, confirmed the fire, and upgraded their response. The fire is contained to the paint department, and the building is being evacuated.
Audio|Source: Elgin Fire
03:19
Transcript:
00:00
Go ahead. Am I reading this correct? They have a fire inside the warehouse?
00:03
Yeah, we're upgrading it now. Four, thank you.
00:04
Engine 1, Quint 7, Ambulance 4, Battalion 1, Battalion 21, and Tender 22.
00:12
Structure fire near West Bargwick Road, elgin sweeper, between Bennington Lane and Lovic Drive.
00:21
Timeout, 9-11.
00:23
Engine 1, Quint 7, Ambulance 4, Battalion 1, Battalion 21, and Tender 22.
00:31
Structure fire near West Bargwick Road.
00:35
Quint 7, Battalion 1, engine 5, Ambulance 4, Engine 4, Engine 1.
00:41
From Bartlett Chief 1.
00:42
You're all due for a reported fire at elgin sweeper.
00:46
We have Bartlett Chief on scene reporting fire.
00:48
Switch stops, too.
00:49
Elgin fire from Bartlett Chief 1.
00:51
Go ahead, Bartlett Chief 1.
00:52
Yeah, I'm on the scene here confirming you do have a fire in the building in the paint department.
00:57
Mr. Thank you.
00:58
We've upgraded this to a full still response and they're working on ops too.
01:03
Is the fire contained to the paint department?
01:05
Yeah, you do have some, you do have smoke showing, and it is contained to the paint department.
01:11
Message received. I'm against.
01:12
Be advised with Arla, Chief on St.
01:13
Advising, there is a fire in the paint department, and it is contained to that area.
01:18
Allison Fire Battalion, one.
01:19
Based on a confirmation of the fire, go ahead and give us a working fire upgrade too.
01:23
Massage is saved working fire upgrade.
01:24
Fallen fire from Bartlett, Chief One.
01:26
Engine 6, Engine 23, Quint 2, Ambulance 5, Ambulance 1, Rutland Dundee Engine, and 102, Working Fire[1], near West Bargwick Road, elgin sweeper, between Bennington Lane and Levich Drive, time of 0914.
01:47
Engine 2. Engine 2.
01:49
Ambulance 5.
01:50
Ambulance 1.
01:51
Rutland Dundee Engine.
01:53
And 102. Working fire.
01:55
Near West Bartlett Road.
01:57
Confirm that there's people still trying to fight the fire.
02:00
I'm going to try to get them out of the building.
02:01
The rest of the building has been evacuated.
02:03
Message received.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Working Fire: Confirmed active fire requiring full response
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Location mentioned:
Near W Bartlett Rd, Elgin, IL 60120
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