Controlled burn near Stagecoach Road in Carlinville, Carlinville IL

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/16/2025 03:33 PM

Near Stagecoach Rd, Carlinville, IL 62626

The Carlinville Fire Department responded to a controlled burn near Stagecoach Road where the caller was unable to extinguish the fire. Firefighters coordinated their approach and equipment to manage the situation.

Audio|Source: Macoupin and Montgomery Counties Public Safety Dispatch

02:22

Transcript:

00:00

Attention,

00:09

Carlinville Fire Department, your need to respond.

00:13

Near Stagecoach Road.

00:17

For a controlled burn, the caller cannot extinguish it.

00:32

9-1. Attention, Carlinville Fire Department.

00:34

Colonel of Fire Department, you need to respond, near Stagecoach Road, Carlinville.

00:41

For a controlled burn, the caller cannot extinguish it.

00:44

Time of page 17307, I'm keeping coming clear.

00:48

911, Carlisle Fire.

00:51

Go ahead.

00:53

You can show, Carlinville, 1214, en route to stagecoach road.

00:58

1214, 104.

01:03

Mack, 911, Wanderberg, engine 6.

01:07

Engine 6, go ahead.

01:09

Engine 6 will be 10.8.

01:13

Engine 6, 104.

01:20

Good copy.

01:27

Good, copy.

01:29

Andy.

01:36

Go ahead.

01:38

We're going to go past and pull in the driveway.

01:41

I didn't know if you wanted to stop at the top of the hill with your hose.

01:46

Yeah, if you want to stay off at Norm's driveway, staging the other driveway that's headed back past Norm's house,

01:53

stage there, we'll get a leaf blower off, and then 14, if they want to hit with their bumper nozzle on the road as they come through, I'm going to pull up in the Norm's driveway, up towards the timber, get some light on it, and then when 52 and the trailer get there, we can get the other leaf blowers off and probably going to have to walk through if we need.

02:15

My hose off at 90 will be up there where we can use it if me be to protect exposures.

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