Large wildfire burns cornfield near Williams Creek Road, Mcdonough County IL
WildfireA large wildfire is burning through a cornfield near Williams Creek Road and Nubbin Ridge in McDonough County, Illinois. Firefighters are planning how to approach the fire safely because there is water in a nearby creek that may affect tanker access. The fire has spread along the cornfield up to the tree line about half a mile away.
Audio|Source: McDonough County Area Public Safety
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Transcript:
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This is a very large area that's on fire.
00:08
Okay.
00:15
As the creek on Williams Creek Road, still has water in it.
00:22
I'm not sure how the tanker will cancel it.
00:31
Tanker one for Central.
00:34
Go ahead Central.
00:40
I might need to approach from Nubbin Ridge as there's still water in the creek, I'm not sure how the tanker will handle that.
00:50
I understand. Do you know if I can get too, Nubben Ridge, to Center Road?
00:55
It's like Center Road would beander up to Nuburn Ridge, yes.
01:07
I understand, thank you.
01:13
These truck five.
01:20
Kevin Rose.
01:22
You can make it through Williams Creek, just make sure you put it in full drive first.
01:28
Good boy, thank you.
01:29
Thank you.
01:43
Go ahead, S. Why 2. Let me know what you got up there.
01:48
Okay, it's still burning in the standing corn,
01:52
pretty much all the way to the end. I'm going to get a better look here just a second.
02:05
It's about 100 yards from where you're at,
02:08
it's stopped, but the cornfield goes on all the way to the tree line, which is probably half a mile.
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