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Vehicle fire spreads to building at Eastland MallBloomington IL

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Near E Empire St, Bloomington, IL 61701

A vehicle caught fire near Coles at Eastland Mall on East Empire Street. The fire spread to the building. A female driver with hand injuries fled to Planet Fitness nearby. Fire crews arrived and confirmed fire inside the building.

Audio|Source: Bloomington and Normal Fire
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Transcript:
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Engine 3, Menick 3, truck 2, engine 1, and Battalion 1, Structure Fire[1],
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16,
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East Empire Street, East Empire Street, Eastland Mall, Cross Street's North Veterans Parkway and Fairway Drive.
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Timeout 0358.
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Engine three, go ahead.
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Do you have a better...
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Should be at the Coles location.
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I've got another caller saying that a female driver vehicle went to Coles, possibly on fire.
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Oh,
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yeah. Dispatch, Medicare.
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Go ahead.
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We are on scene of coals.
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We have a fully involved vehicle.
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Doesn't appear to be any penetration to the building yet.
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We'll be off an investigation.
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Mr. Cemetery on San was a fully engulfed vehicle.
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They'll fire to the building as of yet at 359.
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Dispatch matter 3.
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Special Medic 3.
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Medics 3, go ahead.
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Due to the size of this location, we might have penetration into the building.
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Let's upgrade this alarm.
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SES received upgrading the alarm with possible penetration to the building at 4 o'clock.
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Special, inch 3 on scene command at 4 o'clock.
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It's fast, engine through.
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Truck 1, PSP staff, PSP Investigator, Engine 4, Medic 2, and EMS1. Structure Fire[1], 1615, East Empire Street, Eastland Mall, cross streets, North Veterans, Parkway, and Fairway Drive.
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Timeout 0402.4-0-2.
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Eastland, Command, go ahead.
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Just to let you know, we do have fire inside of 402.
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Mr. C's a copy there's fire inside at 402.
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Flynn Law Command B advised that the driver is at Planet Fitness.
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She advised that she possibly had some hand injuries.
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This is your fire for me.
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Let's fire ask you mark for me. This match your twilight on scene.
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The block.
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Four of five.
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Hello.
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You're busy. Did you copy my traffic about the driver with injury store hands?
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Copy have the next time. Avalids go there.
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We had a carlifer out just signed check for expansion into the building.
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Mr. C, checking for extension into the building, Medic 2, please respond to Planet Fitness. The drivers at this location was bleeding to her hands in possible shock.
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That's car 3. It's not fire.
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All right. All right. All right. All right.
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One unseen.
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Perfect.
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Truck two level one.
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Truck two from Italian one.
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Go ahead.
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Go ahead to set up in the corner over there, picture ladder to the roof, check out the roof.
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Agent 3 from the same one.
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So at this time I understand that we do have car fire which is extinguished penetration in the building, not been in the building yet, going to make access there.
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I'm going to go ahead and take command.
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All units on seeing go to gold.
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It's all you want to see my command, fire extinguish. All units go to golds per command at 4 away.
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Dispatch EMS1.
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TMS1, go ahead.
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MedicCuse's got patient contact. Go ahead and get another ambulance in route.
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Police codes explained
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[1]
Structure Fire: Reported fire in a building or structure

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Near E Empire St, Bloomington, IL 61701

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