Microwave fire causes smoke in large building garage, Evanston IL
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a microwave caught fire in a storage room of a nine-story building near Ridge Avenue behind a church in Evanston. The fire caused smoke in the parking garage. Firefighters removed the microwave and are working to ventilate the building to clear the smoke.
Audio|Heard on: Evanston Fire
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02:31
Transcript:
00:00
On the phone with the caller, she's seeing a look behind the church building.
00:03
It's a big nine floor building with the car is in.
00:09
Okay,
00:13
thank you.
00:22
Truck 22 is on the scene.
00:24
For the moment, we're on ridge so we can not make sure if we need to here.
00:55
And dispatch.
00:59
Change me one foot.
01:03
Yeah, we got something burning in the parking garage.
01:06
It's not a car.
01:07
It's something in the electrical room.
01:08
We're checking it out now.
01:13
Receive.
01:15
First Vats Italian.
01:18
21?
01:20
21.
01:23
Can you give me a run on or my three engines designed here right now?
01:29
It's 23, 22, and 24.
01:37
I got squad 21, engine 23 and what was the third one?
01:44
Engine 24 is one.
01:49
Okay.
02:06
Command, disface.
02:10
Okay, man, go ahead.
02:14
He had a microwave on fire in a storage room.
02:19
It's been removed.
02:21
We definitely still got a smoke problem in the spark and rats.
02:24
I want to keep companies on scene for a second so we figure out how we're going to ventilate this.
02:30
All right, message received.
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Location mentioned:
Ridge Ave, Evanston, IL
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