Large field fire spreads near IL-159 and State Route 140, Glen Carbon IL


A large fire broke out near the intersection of State Route 140 and IL-159. It spread rapidly through a partially harvested corn field and reached a bean field. Multiple fire departments responded with brush trucks and water tenders to control the fire in a hard-to-access area.
Audio|Source: Edwardsville, SIUE, Glen Carbon, Madison County, ISPERN Police and Fire
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Transcript:
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Judge Hamble Fire, request for mutual aid. State Route 140, southwest of 159 intersection.
00:05
Field on fire, requests in Tender and Brush Truck at this time.
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Timeout 1,500.
00:14
Motorbrooke Fire from Madison County.
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Matterbrook, go ahead.
00:20
What are you wanting from us?
00:24
Frust truck and tender.
00:25
Can you repeat that, please?
00:29
It's spreading rapidly. I believe they're going to need a tender and additional brush truck. We also have Hamel Page.
00:37
Motorbrook's clear. Metabrook 3560 will be en route with two standing by for an additional crew for engine.
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15-01.
00:48
Okay, here again.
00:51
High 135, I'm being 10.
00:54
Clear.
00:56
Thanks, from 3rd,300.
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Mattis County, handle of 2,700 is in route to the firehouse.
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2781 is the route to the firehouse. No,
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18, 42.
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7. Okay.
01:20
Hey, well, 2705 is the ground at the firehouse.
01:24
1502.
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29.
01:31
Go ahead.
01:37
Negative contact, but I'll be en route to 607 Timberlane, 6,007 Timberlane.
01:44
Alley shores 337 in route through 2, 3362 will be a short look behind us.
01:50
Yep,
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1503. 5303.
01:57
All right, this one's mid-man.
02:02
Case for on 3,500.
02:09
This is 33.
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I'm unwrapped.
02:12
Anotherbrook, 35, 60, Holiday Shores.
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1441 is in service with a refusal.
02:22
The service is no 15 of old.
02:25
Go on.
02:27
Be advised,
02:28
it's just south of 159. I'm looking at it right now. No way to get to it. If you can bring your brush truck, that'd be great.
02:38
10-4[1]. We just left V's. We'll be on scene in about five minutes.
02:43
Murdo Brooks is on scene.
02:46
How big is the spread?
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It's approximately 400 yards off 140.
03:01
Is this an empty bean field or corn or what?
03:06
It looks like it's partial corn and they've already picked the other part of it.
03:11
It's spreading to the bean field.
03:13
Ten-four.
03:16
How is yours, 33-16, you're responding?
03:21
429, Grafrees out.
03:30
Southern 59, I'll be giving her a courtesy transport to Brown-Tulling mileage 43514-43514.
03:38
Okay, 4-4.
03:40
At Meadowbrook, is it going to be easier to get there from 140 or 159? Okay.
03:49
We're crossing through the 140-159 intersection now.
03:55
Southern 116, 2nd.
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Highland 140. O'K?
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Dad 4.
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24.
04:03
Oh, the service base from 3rd and 300.
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Go ahead, guys, go ahead.
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If you get additional staffing, go ahead and get 11 in Route 2.
04:17
Holiday Schwartz from Meadowbrook's divide last chance and stop.
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3,300, only 2 EMT, TEP.
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33.
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3353 on your way with water and gatorics.
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3354,
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I'm supposed to see Manning the radio.
04:43
That's good. No, brook, you can probably get a truck back here. It's dry. You need to get your tender down here. Okay.
04:50
Okay. Sorry.
04:54
3300, 33 60.
04:56
Go ahead.
05:00
Where are you like this here? We're right.
05:03
Yeah, so come up behind me and Gary.
05:11
There's a, this is good, and here's the left.
05:14
This is pretty easy.
05:17
Why don't you follow us at 60 as far back in this regard.
05:22
We're going to have to hit with 70 in refill and when panel gets here. We'll have to get in here with their brushwood.
05:30
Understood.
05:34
414.
05:38
414.
05:39
414. All right, so we're back here on the fire.
05:45
It looks like it's already burned this way.
05:48
So it's kind of horrible. We're going to start spraying.
05:55
That is the county animal 2017 and out of the station.
06:05
59O8.
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414.
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414.
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414. 414. 414.
06:23
ISB getting up and set to seek more time.
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940.
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535-60. All right.
06:38
3560. Happy.
06:44
All the news was based 3300.
06:52
Table 27, he held on two times.
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1510.
07:02
Down in about as it, Kelly.
07:04
Very down in route with two.
07:07
We're down in route with two, 1510.
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Near IL-159, Glen Carbon, IL 62034
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