Firefighters contain fire near highway in macoupin county, Macoupin County IL

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/16/2025 03:58 PM

Macoupin County, IL

Firefighters from Hillsboro Fire Department responded to a fire near Highway 1290 in Macoupin County. They are working to contain the fire by supplying water and extinguishing hotspots along the hillside.

Audio|Source: Macoupin and Montgomery Counties Public Safety Dispatch

02:57

Transcript:

00:00

Then you're answering them over here by near Highway 1290, feeding this black hose up to the attack team.

00:14

Frank John (number withheld) Frank John (number withheld) Frank John (number withheld)

00:28

This is the Hillsboro fire department 6 p.m.

00:31

test This has my test call.

00:33

KU-Up 702

00:38

The utility,

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no Z-5.

00:42

Before, thank you.

00:48

Up to Hill from near Highway 1290.

00:51

Time for.

01:03

Tend4.

01:06

Ted.

01:12

I'm going to be a registered owner, (name withheld), first name (name withheld).

01:17

King Edward,

01:18

Lincoln Lincoln, (name withheld), or correction,

01:22

and (name withheld), the middle initial, date of birth (number withheld).

01:36

Yeah, what's your location?

01:40

near Highway 1290 in the driveway.

01:44

That's 120 in the driveway.

01:48

That's 1206.

01:50

Up here, that's near Highway 1290 in the driveway.

01:55

Copy that.

01:58

We'll get the water down here and take care of that.

02:09

Fire line running the edge of the...

02:13

We've got a kind of hot spot on it.

02:15

Not sure what you can see.

02:23

Go ahead.

02:25

I've got 18 out of your own.

02:27

This is still some water.

02:29

Copy that.

02:31

We're hitting on the spot here on the hillside ramp.

02:35

That's clear.

02:36

When she's finished,

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walk back into the timber and use that bigger line, put some of the

02:42

top to be off.

02:45

Can you repeat that last transmission?

02:49

When you get that hillside put out, after her go back to where she was, the heavy pile,

02:56

dumps out.

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