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Garbage truck fully ablaze near Thomas Pkwy, Rockford IL

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/3/2025 07:55 AM

Near Thomas Pkwy, Rockford, IL 61114

A garbage truck caught fire near Thomas Parkway. Emergency crews arrived and found the vehicle fully engulfed in flames. No one was inside the truck at the time of the fire. Firefighters began laying hose lines to extinguish the blaze.

Audio|Source: Winnebago County Public Safety

01:55

Transcript:

00:00

Bearns a large vehicle wire near Thomas Pkwy.

00:11

Pedic 9 transporting to OSF.

00:18

104, medic 9 to OSF. 104, METIC 9 to OSF.

00:26

104501 and 56.

00:41

Internate, what was your traffic?

00:45

We're available.

00:49

Prand4.

00:55

Latter 5 is enrolled.

01:01

Pratom 4. Pratt M.

01:02

4. Latter 5.

01:04

Engine point motor five, driver's on scene, nobody's in the vehicle,

01:10

don't have any further information.

01:17

Rackery range is 7 available on there.

01:22

Tap 4-inch is 7.

01:26

District 2 out there.

01:30

District 2 Go ahead.

01:33

Got that ticket for Pallas Starkway.

01:38

Stand for four.

01:44

Fire engine four is unseen, fully involved garbage truck. We're going to be laying aligned.

01:52

Time for engine four, fully involved garbage truck laying a line.

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Near Thomas Pkwy, Rockford, IL 61114

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