Cell phone fire causes smoke in community center, Elgin IL
Fire & ArsonFire units responded to a structure fire at the Community Crisis Center near South Geneva Street. Smoke was found on the second floor caused by a cell phone that caught fire in a bedroom or bathroom. The fire was out before arrival, but smoke required ventilation.
Audio|Source: Elgin Fire
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Transcript:
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Engine 6, Engine 5, Quint 1, Quint 2, Battalion 1, Battalion 1, Battalion 21. Structure Fire,
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near South Geneva Street.
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Between Dupeg Street and East Chicago Street, in Geneva Street.
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Timeout 2037.
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Engine 6. Engine 5.
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Quint 1. Quint 2.
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Ambulance 1, Battalion 1, Battalion 21.
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Structure Fire.
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near South Geneva Street.
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Engine 6, Quint 1, Engine 2, Ambulance 1, Battalion 21, Battalion 21 you're showing due, near South Geneva to the Community Crisis Center.
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Colors advising alarms are going off the upstairs bedroom or bathroom, possibly on fire,
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something to evacuate all units switched knobs to.
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If you have an officer just arrived on scene.
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All units showing in Route near South Geneva at the Community Crisis Center.
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Have officers on scene right now advising that someone from the upstairs that there is no fire, they're trying to confirm with staff.
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Original reports for a bathroom.
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All units switch to ops two.
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There is no fire, there is smoke coming from room number seven.
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Elgin fire, the tiny one.
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Go ahead.
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The tie one on scene,
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three-story community building.
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There's nothing shown from the exterior and make battalion one.
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Geneva Command,
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engine 6 will be going and investigating.
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I'm seeing three-story community building nothing showing from the exterior.
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Telling when we'll take command, engine 6 will go inside and investigate.
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We'll go inside and end. Engine 5 will be water supply.
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All right, I'm coming at a stage.
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Command commanding six.
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Go ahead, interest six.
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According to staff up here,
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there is a cell phone that caught on fire.
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They already removed the phone, there's no active fire.
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We do have a decent amount of smoke on the second floor.
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Probably need a PPV to the front door.
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We'll open a window up here and try to evacuate it.
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Okay, we'll get a PPV to the front door.
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Do you need any additional units?
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Negative.
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All right, message received.
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Elton Fire from Command.
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Command, go ahead.
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All right, engine 6, engine 5 can handle this.
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You can release all additional units. Terminatorial commands release up to.
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Message receive, engine 6, engine 5 will handle all companies.
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Inc. Available terminating command releasing apps too.
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Location mentioned:
Near S Geneva St, Elgin, IL 60120
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