Firefighters battle wildfire spreading across bean fields, Monroe County IL
WildfireFirefighters and emergency responders are actively fighting a wildfire spreading through bean fields near Kern Road, IL. Multiple brush trucks and tankers are en route to suppress the fire from different sides of the field, coordinating efforts to control the flames and prevent further spread.
Audio|Source: Monroe County Sheriff and EMA, Waterloo Fire
06:35
Transcript:
00:00
County, could you advise Maystown they may want to bring their side-by-side also? How one did you copy? Since then for I copy direction. Sound four. Munder County from Maystown 30,600. 3,600. It en route to the engine house from Baumar.
00:29
24 Maystown 3602 to Marlborough County. O2. I'm also in the out of the firehouse. Time 4. Base service. 28 from 5902.
00:57
Get 11 around on that side of the house over there if you want. 5928 from 5902. 002. You're going to go down past the driveway to this to Polysec Drive. You're going to go all the way to Polysec Drive all the way to the end and out in the field.
01:24
and try to see if you can knock down the head fire's running across the beans. I'll be that.
01:46
We have the brush truck and the tankers en route. Ten more. Happy Sage, 1516.
01:53
617. 617. In route. 10 Fort. 59-18, if you can head directly toward me over in this field and get rid of this head fire, that'd be great. Straight up. Head that toward me. Land, 10 at 5911.
02:16
If you have to, go through the beans, 59, 18. Doesn't know at this point they're getting burnt up. We've got to find a place to get across this ditch. 5917, 5911. Do you want to back up to me if we can look on?
02:36
Hunter County from 5,900. I'm planning a CNA 518 legacy system has been reset. Negative. If you're feeding 59, 11 and 11's got line stretched to that corner down there.
03:04
If we can get them stretched across that ditch, we'll just feed the bus trucks with 59-11. And 17, you'll feed 11. Copy one. Come up. 59, 28's on scene.
03:34
if you want to start working on that south side head fire going toward Crook, that'd be great. 59-2. Up here on this other end where we're working with the hose line off of 11, we've got fire into the standing beams, so you're aware? Yeah, 10-4. As soon as they get them knocking this big fire out up here, I'm going to have 18 heads that way.
04:00
O211 will be pulling the second handline. Waterloo Fire Command on scene of 03. The deputies on scene are advising if you take Kern Road, their squads are sitting near a spot in the field that does not have a ditch. You may be able to access there.
04:30
Give us a little more pressure on yellow. Base down fire from 5900. Robo Fire 4616 is on scene. About 10-4. Maystown 36, 17, 500. Go ahead.
04:56
Sorry, Maystown 3620, we're in route to Ben Street. 10-4. Sudfire brush truck. When you get on scene, go all the way to the end of Polispect Drive and straight out in the bean field. Look for 5902 standing on top of the hill. I'm going to have you start hitting the north end head fire in the beans.
05:21
5902 from 5900. Did you copy of Hunter County that that piece around seeing on Kern, you can get into there from Kern Road? Yeah, I'm in that. We got an entrance right now on Poliswick, but that may be where we got to go for the north end fire. We get it under computer. We could have Maystown 3628 respond to there.
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Location mentioned:
Kern Rd, Precinct 29, IL 62298
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