Semi-truck hits vehicles, triggers truck fire on I-474, Peoria County IL
Fire & ArsonA semi-truck collided with three other vehicles on westbound I-474 near Airport Road, causing a truck to catch fire. No occupants were reported to be inside the vehicles at the time of the incident.
Audio|Source: Peoria County Fire - Digital
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Transcript:
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Here again, this session, where I was found fire.
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I have a call on I-474 Westbound, near Mound Marker 5 for a truck that's on fire, unknown as anyone's inside the vehicle.
00:19
Attention all firemen, fire departments needed 474 mile marker 6 on a vehicle fire.
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Attention all firemen, fire departments need a 474 mile marker 6 on a vehicle fire.
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Sentinel Fireman, we received information.
00:41
It's going to be a limestone call.
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Attentional Fireman, car fire is going to be limestone.
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It's going to be 474 before Airport Road.
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system route.
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We advise no one is inside the vehicles.
01:04
They're going to be east of airport and said that now there's a semi that hit three other vehicles.
01:13
Why some copies?
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Dispatch F. C3.
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F.C3.
01:23
Are you deferring a sent?
01:28
I'll leave that up to you.
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My call was from somebody from Pekin that couldn't tell them anything much more.
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And then Peoria called down and I've gotten another call confirming it's before Airport Road.
01:45
Okay, do they got somebody en route? If they do, then we'll go ahead and defer unless they need our assistance.
01:52
Lordville Dispatch, Limestone C1, could you go ahead and send units? I guess now SEMIS hit three other vehicles out there.
01:58
Give our guys some assistance, please.
02:01
74 FC3, you copy that.
02:03
Livestone C1 from Bartonville of C3, I copied.
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Dispatch, can you retone us and add that information, the request from Limestone? I'll be around.
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I'll be around.
02:15
I've got Bardville responding with you to help some of this.
02:21
Tensionall firemen, Lines, requesting mutual aid, along with the fully engulfed car fire, semi-tit-3 vehicles.
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Tensional Firemen rescues and fire needed for mutual aid with limestone before 74th the airport road, fully engulfed car fire, and a semi that's hit three vehicles.
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