Patient sets fire in wooded area near White Oak Rd, Bloomington IL


An aggressive patient started a fire in a wooded area near White Oak Road. Fire and police units were dispatched to the scene. Responders could smell smoke but did not have a clear view of the fire size while attending to the patient.
Audio|Source: Bloomington and Normal Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
Can we get PD as well as a fire engine to our location?
00:03
Just for information, we have an aggressive patient, and we also have the same patient who started a fire in the forest back here.
00:12
Message received, we'll get him going.
00:22
Truck 1, Sick Person, (name withheld),
00:25
Cross Street's near White Oak Road, Lane Court and White Oak Road, West Graham Street.
00:30
Timeout,
00:32
(number withheld).
00:40
Medic 4. Dramatic Injury.
00:44
Near Iowa Street.
00:46
Cross Streets, Erikson Avenue and Euclid Avenue.
00:49
Timeout (number withheld).
00:55
I think want to confirm to scratch.
00:58
Go ahead.
01:00
Yeah, I just want to clarify, is there a fire in the forest currently or is that a pass-about, please?
01:10
We haven't got direct eyes on it because we're dealing with our patient right now, however we can smell it. We still do got some smoke coming from there. Not sure exact size of the fire at this time.
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