Field fire spreads near North 1700th Ave, multiple units respond, Henry County IL
WildfireA large field fire was reported near North 1700th Avenue in Illinois. The fire was spreading rapidly towards nearby cornfields and agricultural equipment. Multiple fire departments including Osco, Andover, Prophetstown, and Lyndon dispatched units including brush trucks and tankers to the scene to contain the fire and prevent further spread. Firefighters coordinated efforts to approach the fire alongside cornfield edges and staged equipment at nearby streets. Mutual aid was requested to assist with this spreading grass and field fire.
Audio|Source: Whiteside County Sheriff and Fire
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Transcript:
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attention osco and over fire osco and over fire you're needed for report of a field fire
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8030 north 1700 osco 83030 north 1700 osco avenue osco for field fire it is spreading time 1320 200
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Attention, Osco, Andover Fire.
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Oscoe, Andover Fire, you need a report from a field fire, 83030-North-1700, Osco for a field fire that is spreading.
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Time, 17,
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correction,
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13, 20, 100,000.
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The message I see. That's a dance going. Dixon, Rural is busy as well.
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Roger C.
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White side, here are commands in route.
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Copy, here you're in command in route.
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Met 15, here in command.
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Brush 2, follow us around.
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Understood.
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3987, Templa.
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County, Med 15.
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Med 15, go ahead.
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Show mid-13 around.
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Copy Mud 15 in route.
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Command looks like it's in the standing corn over there towards that, by that tractor.
02:04
I'll copy that.
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Here you base, Air Base, Air Force, Air, Command.
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89 to 89, Tim.
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Whiteside, can you give me a brush truck out of Prophetstown, Linden, also with a tanker out of Prophetstown?
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How do we get to this command? We're going to have to drive through corn?
02:42
I do believe so. You're going to have to cross the ditch.
02:46
I would stay right along the edge of the corn.
02:50
Should we put this molar out so the tractor don't burn?
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Mid-15, we're in command.
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Mid-15, go ahead.
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Med 15, you can stage at 4th and 12th Avenue B over there.
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Mid-15 copies, we're staging.
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Series Command, Fairy Tender 5.
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Prophetstown Fire Protection District, you are being requested for mutual aid for an outside fire at 4th Street and 12th Avenue, B, and Erie.
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Erie is requesting a brush truck out of Prophetstown and Lyndon in a tanker out of Prophetstown.
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Prophetstown Fire Protection District, you're needed for mutual aid for an outside grassfield fire that is spreading towards the cornfield at 4th Street and 12th Avenue B as Boy, Erie.
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Erie is requesting a brush truck out of Prophetstown Town and Lyndon and a painter from Provincetown.
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Provincetown Fire Protection District,
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you're needed for mutual aid at 4th Street and 12th Avenue B and Erie with a brush...
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Here are brush 3 in 6 in the route.
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Here you're at 3 for command.
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Go have her 3.
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Who do you have in there with you?
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Just me.
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Got me. There's Tinder 5 still at the station.
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Negative command, just coming into Weavers. I went back by B.
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Javier, thank you.
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We're going to go along the didger command?
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That is correct.
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I'm going to tell you this form field is probably 5 or 600 yards wide and then it comes to a chisel plow field.
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The portal 3 is going to hop in with you.
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29104, 3973 104.
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