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Fire damages garage and house near 15th and ChampaignMattoon IL

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N 16th St, Mattoon, IL 61938

A fire damaged a garage and a house near 15th and Champaign Streets in Mattoon. Multiple fire units responded to control the fire. Firefighters coordinated water supply and shut off power lines during the operation. A third alarm was requested due to the fire's severity.

Audio|Source: Coles County Police, Fire, EMS and EMA
09:35
Transcript:
00:00
Yes, sir, I'm headed your direction.
00:04
Engine 73 from Matthew Firecar 2, I need you to go to 17th Street, 17,
00:14
I mean, excuse me, 15th, 15th and Champaign, meet with Chief Meister,
00:20
Beltzer.
00:27
Getting over here on this,
00:29
another garage and house is on fire fairly shortly.
00:38
Be there momentarily kidding.
00:40
You've got an engine from Lincoln also coming to you.
00:46
Copy that. We do have a hydrant there, right where they're parked, if they want to catch that, or we can hang it.
00:52
We've got a driveway, we can lay a line down through.
01:10
Card two, 73, I'm 15 to Champagne.
01:19
73, what was your traffic?
01:22
Part 2, I have 15 of the Champagne.
01:25
Okay,
01:27
meet with Captain Clackfelter over there.
01:31
And Chief Meister should be there.
01:33
They're coordinating that in.
01:36
Okay.
01:42
See Tom, Cartoon, Part 2.
01:45
Okay.
01:48
Seacom, I'm just wanting to double check.
01:50
As the water treatment plant been notified?
01:53
about this fire, we're going to be using a lot of water.
01:59
They've been notified.
02:03
Perfect.
02:04
Thank you.
02:07
Cart two.
02:09
Information.
02:11
Go ahead, see ya.
02:15
Cincinnati, four minutes.
02:19
I'll copy that 402 minutes in.
02:23
20 minutes,
02:25
pull the power, Chief.
02:30
15 to 20 minutes.
02:34
I thought it was 10, like 5 minutes ago.
02:41
I just got an update before they're calling me.
02:45
Hey, do they know the power pole's on fire?
02:52
Yeah, but they can't kill it.
02:58
Okay, hey guys, engine 23 is blocked in,
03:03
but I'm going to empty this thousand-gallon tank from the debt gun to try to knock this fire down on the...
03:16
12.
03:18
The second.
03:23
1505.
03:26
The problem is like we're falling off at the same.
03:45
Okay,
03:47
Meister and Kenny,
03:51
the odd number addresses that are backed up off of Champagne are going to be in the house directly by the building.
04:03
Again, the next two the occupants are out, just FYI.
04:21
309. I, you've got water coming to you.
04:24
I need you to open up your power as quick as you possibly can.
04:29
I got it, Jim, we just got water.
04:33
Okay, somebody had traffic for command a minute ago.
04:36
Go ahead.
04:40
So many times of the coaching, seeing where would you like us?
04:48
All right, we got two hose lines coming off at 301.
04:53
side of this building.
04:55
If you have to members on one of the exposures, we'll take care of it.
05:01
Perfect, thank you.
05:02
Do I need to go to a third alarm and get an additional Lincoln engines here?
05:09
Yes, you do, yes.
05:13
Just told us the powerful is dead.
05:22
C-GOM, Part 2.
05:26
I was direct.
05:27
Next alarm.
05:31
You're awesome.
05:32
Thank you. I need Lincoln Station 2 to the scene.
05:40
All units on the scene from Hammering, the lines are heading in the alley.
05:48
Power is shut off to the lines in the alley.
05:53
Command from 301, can you see if we have the lines shut down? Over by 308, please.
06:15
Lincoln Fire Station 2 to the fire scene in Mattoon.
06:18
Station 2, the Fire Scene 2, the Fire Scene Mattoine, Mattoine, Boxwell 3, 10 page 150A.
06:28
Units meet fly by 24 if we're having clock problems.
06:31
Staying by.
06:32
Zero-eight out of water.
06:39
Go ahead, station to the fire Ceylonaut 2.
06:41
Station to the five, zero, tenable two, four,
06:44
three, town's each of here.
06:53
Go ahead, Seacombe.
06:55
Do you want Sullivan Ariel?
07:00
309 from 24, I'm getting ready to bring this back up.
07:03
We were Cabot Day, let's see if we get some water.
07:06
Perfect, thank you.
07:13
CCOM stand by just a minute.
07:16
301, car two.
07:33
Cooksmell Humboldt fire, Wabash Fire,
07:38
Mattoon Fire, Working of Structure Fire, Requesting,
07:42
Wabash to Station 1, Cooksmell Humbold, Responsive Scene, 312 North 16th Street, seecom clear, 1509.
08:08
Hey!
08:19
No-peltz-4-fail fire.
08:21
Who-O-dney-Vobash fire?
08:25
No. No question.
08:28
One dashed Citation 1, Cutsnell Cumberland, without a scene.
08:33
3012, 416 Street, 3112, 16th Street.
08:38
See on clear, can I see if you know that.
08:42
Ask 301.
08:48
3.01.
08:51
3.1.
08:55
Yeah, go ahead, Ryan.
08:57
You have 73 committed? C.
09:06
73 is committed? 73 is not committed, no.
09:22
Okay, can you have them go to that higher into the north on 16th and lay in the 309 so we can establish the water supply off a different main, please?
09:34
1509.

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Incident Timeline

  1. Ongoing Operations and State Fire Marshal Notification
  2. Fire Knockdown and Exposure Protection
  3. Water Shuttle and Tanker Operations
  4. Escalation to Third Alarm and Additional Resources
  5. Addressing Exposures and Fire Spread
  6. Power Hazards and Water Supply Issues
  7. Evacuations and Command Coordination
  8. Initial Fire Reported and Mutual Aid Dispatched

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