Brush fire spreads through wooded area near North Wesley Street, Springfield IL

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/16/2025 02:15 PM

Near N Wesley St, Springfield, IL 62702

Fire crews responded to a brush fire spreading through wooded areas near North Wesley Street in Springfield. The fire covered a large area of the woods. Additional units and brush trucks were dispatched to assist with containment.

Audio|Source: Sangamon County Public Safety

02:28

Transcript:

00:00

Engine 3. Respond to brush fire.

00:03

Near North Wesley Street, cross streets are East Carpenter Street and East Enes Avenue.

00:12

7.5.

00:14

They would need to speak to the female over the phone to run a background check on her.

00:20

A call from engine 10, was there traffic for 10?

00:23

10. Can you have their number?

00:25

So you can go up your station and get a rest truck for four.

00:28

10 for.

00:30

Copy. We're clearing this other call, but if they're going by there, that's fine.

00:38

Copy.

00:39

Three, do you want to continue or ten's clearing their call? They could probably do it now.

00:45

Copy, what have ten do it?

00:48

Engine ten, if you could bring the brush truck to near North Wesley Street for engine four.

00:54

Stop.

01:07

Engine 2 for engine 3.

01:11

Go ahead, 3.

01:13

Yeah, we're just leading to signal.

01:17

We'll know what the big unit number up there.

01:19

We can have truck truck truck truck, semi-trailer, Indiana trailer plate.

01:23

P. Paul A. Adam 166.

01:25

We do not need signal one just as you get it.

01:28

We just got a pretty large area here that rush is on fire and

01:34

It's just spread throughout the woods here.

01:36

I'm sorry. State John's Hospital, St.

01:38

John's Hospital, Room number six for it.

01:41

I'll send you a ticket for testing.

01:56

Engine 10, respond to brush fire near North Wesley Street, cross streets are East Carpenter and 3rd Street and East Venus Avenue.

02:07

Several.

02:13

Control from Indiana apportioned Pall A.

02:18

Adam 166330.

02:21

Clear. Access back to the woods, please.

02:27

Okay, ten copies.

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