Truck hauling trailer catches fire near Quality Inn, Bloomington IN


A gold truck hauling a trailer caught fire on the westbound bypass near Quality Inn. Flames came from under the vehicle. The fire was extinguished using water from a ditch and a bucket. The small fire likely started from a cigarette thrown from a vehicle.
Audio|Source: Monroe and Brown Counties Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Tintech Minogue County units to HILA 8 Northbound I-169-4-Mark-O-123, a gold truck hauling a trailer.
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Flames coming from the bottom of the vehicle.
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Authority of Minok County Central Dispatch.
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Any other units can stay back.
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Question as an officer to East 45-46 heading to the east for at least part of the 12th.
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You run audible through most of that. Do you have a cross street at the bypass?
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Okay,
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I'm a day.
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Quality in is where we're going to call.
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I'm clear, is it going to be on the bypass in front of quality in there?
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Dr.Germanent.
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I'm clear, thank you. One last question.
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Is it going to be east or westbound lanes?
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It's going to be the westbound lane.
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Okay, thank you.
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Control people are for us.
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Go ahead.
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Can you also start fire this way? You've got oil oil in the rig.
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I'm clear. Just to be clear 204, this is not an accident, this is just a motor assistance, correct?
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Okay,
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thank you.
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Phone or to the dust phone.
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If you can message me on the MDT or number, I will call back here in a few minutes.
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10-1[1].
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7-2 or 1023 the grass fire.
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Okay.
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Officer Close.
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Are your officers able to advise on fire condition?
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Okay, they just marked on scene.
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The conditions of the fire, National Pirates inquiring.
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Time for.
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Let's revise and I'm saying, I don't think he has portal.
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Okay.
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Control 214.
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214. Markia is unresponding. You mark this transporting.
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214. Brown campress, 41.
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Fresh 41 and Ranger 41 be en route here in just a second.
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All clear.
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Bloomington, Sam, 1839.
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Go ahead.
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Can you put me on a call for service at Third Street Park next to the police station?
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Go ahead. County 7-2, Patrick By has the fire out. There was some water in the ditch and he had a bucket,
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small maybe 4 by 15 area, like maybe a cigarette or something. It was thrown out the window, caught the grass on fire.
Police codes explained
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10-1: Unable to copy / weak signal
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Location mentioned:
Near W Rappel Ave, Bloomington, IN 47404
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