Strong burning smell found near 3rd Avenue residence, Lombard IL

Fire & Arson

Reported: 09/17/2025 02:33 AM (PDT)

Near S 3rd Ave, Lombard, IL 60148

Fire crews responded to a strong burning smell near 3rd Avenue in a residential area. No visible fire was found, but the smell suggested an open burn. Crews contacted the occupant to address the situation.

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Transcript:

00:00

Every other companies here, they're going for a smell of something burning outside the home there.

00:04

They didn't see anything.

00:10

Time for me, Tani3.

00:11

Go have a sign.

00:12

Yeah, we got a strong odor of something burned in the area, but nothing seen yet.

00:17

We'll still be investigating.

00:19

It seems more like an open burn or something.

00:21

Message receipt.

00:26

engine 3 between 3 go ahead let's switch over to opt 5 for a moment

00:37

five

00:40

Yeah, I'm not exactly sure where there's hoping, burning type of hay smoke is in the area.

00:45

I'm thinking it might be a little bit south of us.

00:48

Just make a loop around the block real quick, see if there's anything that you could see, and then we're going to try to see if we could find it, or at least attempt to.

00:59

We'll do. Yeah, we're just meeting with a homeowner here, just letting know what's going on.

01:05

Oh, good. You got to measure three.

01:08

Go ahead and do this.

01:09

Can we get the wind direction of speed, please? Sure, let me look.

01:17

Yeah, I can see if you found me just open around the corner.

01:24

I have one job.

01:27

It's coming out of the northeast at three mail-in-hour.

01:29

Thank you so much.

01:31

You're welcome.

01:36

Do Com Engine 11? What?

01:40

Engine 11, Medical 11, clear and returning with one sign refusal.

01:43

Matt.

01:45

Fire.

01:47

To come, ten, three.

01:49

Go ahead. It's Italian.

01:50

All right, we found the source.

01:51

It's near 3rd Avenue.

01:56

We're out with the occupant.

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