As the movie Chili Finger continues being filmed in Central Illinois, two local fire departments helped monitor a scene in which a corn crib was burned Friday night. According to Paxton Fire Chief Dennis Kingren, both the Paxton and Rantoul Fire Departments monitored a controlled burn on June 27 between 10:30-11 p.m. west of I-57, just south of E 200 N Road.
The location of the burn was just south of Paxton and close to Ludlow, near Fosterโs Mechanics LLC. On Thursday, the fire departments monitored โplay fires,โ or practice fires before the scene was filmed the following night. Crews were on scene between 8:30-9 p.m. and didnโt leave until approximately 5 a.m. on Friday. On scene, Rantoul Fire provided a ladder truck and Paxton provided an anchor truck.
