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I-74 closed near Knoxville exit due to vehicle fire, Peoria IL

audio iconRoad Closure
I-74, Peoria, IL

I-74 highway near the Knoxville exit is closed due to a vehicle fire near a building. State police and fire units are responding to control traffic and the fire. A hydrant is being sought to aid firefighting efforts.

Audio|Source: Peoria City Fire Dispatch - PEOR 1 and 2
02:39
Transcript:
00:00
Nigel, we need PD for traffic.
00:02
Yeah, there's several troopers en route.
00:09
Sprettoning one's unseen.
00:10
Can I get traffic control, please?
00:13
The plane is seen, yeah, ISP has got three or four troopers in route.
00:19
Man,
00:21
we got that full thing inside, it's pressurized now. It's fully involved.
00:25
Dismatch command.
00:30
Dismatch command.
00:34
Dismatch command, advise state police to shut this down starting at the Knoxville exit.
00:44
Copy the Knoxville exit. Shut it down.
00:52
Command, Agent 2.
00:57
Go ahead.
00:59
Hey Matt, can you go up to Knoxville and possibly find a hydrant?
01:10
We're already trying to...
01:12
We're already past Knoxville on scene.
01:17
All right, go up and turn around.
01:20
It's the way we can back up.
01:23
No, no, no, my mind.
01:29
Command, Battalion,
01:31
3.
01:35
Command, going to give you to engine 3 as well.
01:39
Copy engine 3, 2.
01:44
Engine 3. I-74 westbound Perry to Knoxville. Vehicle fire near building. Cross Street, near Northeast Adams Street. FireMap 151.
01:56
Engine 3. I-74 westbound Perry to Knoxville.
02:13
If you want to be advised they did make contact with ISP, they're going to try to get a trooper at the entrance ramp.
02:20
Okay, thank you.
02:22
You're welcome. It looks like a couple of city units. I'll see if we can put one up there.
02:29
Detective 3 dispatch.
02:32
The Titan 3.
02:34
For the time being, I'm blocking it off right now.
02:38
Okay, I'll add you on the screen.

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