Fire causes evacuation at truck stop in Morris, Morris IL
Fire & ArsonA fire broke out at the Love's Travel Center located near Brisbin Rd in Morris, Illinois. Emergency crews evacuated people downwind of the fire, cleared the truck stop and east parking lot, and controlled traffic to prevent access. Firefighters used thousands of gallons of water to extinguish the fire and kept people away from the area for safety.
Audio|Source: Grundy and Will Counties Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Also, you've been told they need everybody evacuated as downwind, so everybody in the Love's truck stop and the East parking lot, everybody needs to get out and shut down that entrance.
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3-1-26-005, everyone inside.
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Traffic control?
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Already.
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We're requesting traffic control at airport and Weber while they put the lights up.
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10-4[1].
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Romeo 335, your status.
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Timeout[2], 1255.
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Uh, bribly entrance then, with your squad.
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I'm going to start working with SP to see if we can't evacuate the whole building.
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to help us.
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Absolutely. We're in operation here.
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We've got one deck on an operation.
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We're just going to flood this thing at about 1,000 to 1,200 gallons a minute.
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And we're going to keep this up for about 20 minutes and we're going to shut it down and see where we're at.
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Matt, 36, 2925.
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Currently, 117, 1041, Chomey and Ratelows.
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I'm sorry, which more seen it?
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This is 117.
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Thank you. A truck plate, 381, 89, 72, B-Boy truck plate.
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It's a black Chevy Silverado.
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Tell us. Travel Center in Morris, near Brisbin Rd at Love Travel and Morris.
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Timeout[2] 1257.
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7-4.
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We could have the hospital for about three minutes.
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Sorry about that.
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All right, two four.
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I'm sorry we now.
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Time 4. Any closing description?
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Negative. I'm in route there now.
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Time 4. We have the kid in the parking lot running around.
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Top 4 is at the parking lot of the ECC?
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104. Top 4.
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Top 4.
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Got to get around a machine.
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See out the store and did everybody out of the front lot.
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Don't let anybody come into the lot.
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Therefore,
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actively trying to get people from coming in store management is already clearing out the building.
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I'll go check on that progress soon and we'll try to keep people trapped here.
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Location mentioned:
Near Brisbin Rd, Morris, IL 60450
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