Garbage truck catches fire on South Ridgeway Avenue, Chicago IL
Fire & ArsonPolice responded to a report of a garbage truck on fire near South Ridgeway Avenue in Chicago. The truck was smoking with visible flames, and firefighters were on scene working to extinguish the fire. The driver and passenger were out of the vehicle at the time of the fire.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 09
03:21
Transcript:
00:00
We've got to call the fire guys near South Ridgeway Avenue.
00:04
This one says a garbage truck is on fire, I think I saw.
00:10
Hang on a minute.
00:17
Garbage truck smoking on the street in front, but then we also had collars these flames, unknown if the driver is aware, driver and passenger out of the garbage truck.
00:28
Okay, so it is a garbage truck on fire over there.
00:31
Anybody close to that one?
00:33
11.15. I can go over there.
00:36
11 anna, you got that? Thank you.
00:40
11, I'm out for.
00:42
And 11's going to join them.
00:43
Okay.
00:48
And 2222.
00:52
All the two.
00:59
This one says Check the Well, being near South Justine.
01:03
Mr.
01:04
(name withheld).
01:06
Let's see, two colors waiting on a silver car, I'm going to assume, because it just says in a silver on the corner.
01:15
He has more information.
01:17
A 16-year-old female black.
01:22
W-A-W-slash-A, I don't know,
01:28
W-A all missing from September 25th, just walked into the two-flat.
01:33
So I'm assuming they mean a female that was reported missing walked into there.
01:38
So hard to decipher these.
01:44
All the two.
01:45
I'll check it out.
01:46
Sounds like that other mission call from earlier.
01:50
Yeah, let me know.
01:52
Thank you. Mr.
01:53
(name withheld) is going to be there to tell you about it.
01:55
He says he's got more information.
01:56
He's going to be in a silver or something,
01:58
silver on the corner.
02:02
99.
02:08
Hey guys, we're going to call the person wanted over there near West 118.
02:14
In the bushes, I think it's supposed to say bushes, but it says pushes.
02:18
Complainants stated that police are in the area looking for a man hiding in the bushes at this location of service, stating he's going to go talk to the police now.
02:28
Is somebody talking to the police about this guy in the bushes?
02:32
When did they call come out?
02:36
1318.
02:38
We already talk to a high.
02:40
All right, thank you.
02:46
12.
02:48
Go ahead, 212.
02:54
Thank you for me and I get a personal 111-11.
02:59
All right.
03:07
Going to 11.
03:09
11.
03:10
Yeah,
03:12
it looks like there's something on fire in the back of the garbage truck.
03:16
Fire is on scene.
03:17
They're putting it out right now.
03:20
Time 4.
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Location mentioned:
Near S Ridgeway Ave, Chicago, IL 60655
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