Smoke in laundry room triggers fire alarm

Heard on: Cook IL Fire Dispatch Group Calls

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Engine 23, (number withheld) South Palatine for the automatic alarm.

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Nothing showing.

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We're on 18th Street westbound.

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23's got command, switching to fire ground.

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Message received.

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Correction, eastbound, Engine 23.

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Engine 23.

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23. We just got a 2nd call that they're reporting a smoke coming from the laundry room in the Star Drive.

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Still response.

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Tower 558 with 23.

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Correction.

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Starting through to main,

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yeah, there is no fire here.

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It's out on arrival.

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It's a little smoke that set the alarm off.

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You can hold the spill response.

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This is 23 message received.

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Yeah, we're going to try to reset after the smoke clears out.

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We'll be here for a couple minutes.

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It's not too much.

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This is 23 message received.

2026-09-13 21:55 UTC

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to an automatic fire alarm at a business near the 1800 block of South Palatine Road. A second report mentioned smoke coming from a laundry room, but arriving units found no active fire and only light smoke that had set off the alarm. Additional units were held while the alarm was reset.

Smoke in laundry room triggers fire alarm

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