Smoke from rooftop generator at downtown building, Chicago IL
Fire & ArsonOfficers responded to fire alarms and reports of smoke near Van Buren and Wabash in downtown Chicago. They investigated smoke coming from the roof of a building near West Jackson Boulevard. The smoke was white and appeared to be coming from a vent. Fire personnel determined that the smoke was likely caused by a rooftop generator and confirmed there was no active fire. The incident did not involve any fire emergency.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 04
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Transcript:
00:00
Fire alarms are going off, uh,
00:02
I don't see any fire here yet.
00:06
Ten four.
00:10
Do you have any idea where they said that just suppose it smoke was?
00:16
Coming out of the roof?
00:19
Was fire them out?
00:28
Yes, they were, let me take a look.
00:35
Hold on, they might have used a different address. It's marked that they were coming.
00:44
(number withheld).
00:45
(number withheld).
00:47
(number withheld).
00:49
Hey, squad, we're on the lake of the fire.
00:51
We were way down on the road in Michigan.
00:54
There was a novel pediatric if you have it on the board, but they're going to be going to the station for reports.
01:00
Okay, ten four.
01:06
(number withheld)?
01:08
(number withheld).
01:10
Can I go have a lunch in the station, please?
01:13
(number withheld).
01:18
Thirty or any other information? I don't.
01:22
We're trying to find out but our phone lines are a little iffy up here.
01:30
Thirty.
01:33
Thirty.
01:34
All right, there is small coming off the roof, but it's clear, it's right.
01:40
This building here is the band, and that is where the alarm is coming from.
01:46
So, give me a minute I'll let you know.
01:48
The fire alarm is going off, though, here.
01:52
Okay, we're still trying to get a hold of fire to see if they have any further.
01:57
It's so far nothing.
02:03
Okay, thirty, they have near W Jackson Blvd.
02:11
It shows that they were dispatched, but they haven't changed location or anything.
02:15
Okay.
02:17
I'm at the corner of Van Buren and Wabash, and there was smoke coming off the corner of this building. So, like I said, it's not dark.
02:26
It's more white, look at, like, a vent.
02:28
But security here does not know if that is supposed to be happening or not. So there's a lot of smoke.
02:37
Have fun.
02:43
(number withheld)
02:46
(number withheld) All right, uh,
02:51
engineer is saying it's most likely a generator on the roof
02:54
if we want to fire no, but
03:00
Okay
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Location mentioned:
Near W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60604
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