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Heard on: Elgin Fire · 17 hours ago
04:47
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Engine five, quint one, quint two, quint seven, ambulance one, east Dundee engine and 102 , fire alarm activation,
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(number withheld) Dundee Avenue, between Sunset Drive and I 90 westbound expressway, time out 1517 .
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Fire crews investigate apparent microwave fire at hotel

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire units responded to a hotel on Dundee Avenue in Elgin after a fire alarm was activated. Initial reports indicated a possible fire in a microwave, which was later said to be extinguished. Crews conducted an investigation and downgraded the response once no active fire was found. Another ambulance was dispatched separately to an unrelated medical call on Fleetwood Drive.

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Dundee Ave, Elgin, IL 60120
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