Dryer fire outside apartment building in Alexandria, Alexandria VA
A dryer caught fire outside an apartment building on Sacramento Drive in Alexandria, Virginia. Smoke was seen in the front yard. Fire crews arrived and began ventilating the top floor while the building was still occupied. The incident is ongoing, and fire units are actively managing the situation.
Audio|Source: Fairfax County Police, Fire and EMS
03:11
Transcript:
00:00
Nothing evident.
00:01
Besides Charlie or Alpha,
00:04
we do have a dryer outside in the front yard smoking.
00:08
I'll provide you a 360 situation important just a moment.
00:15
I'll be on a three-story dryer outside, nothing showing Charlie.
00:19
Doing a lot.
00:23
Much brother.
00:27
You have the caller coming to front door of the building.
00:31
We'll have a caller come to front door of the building.
00:41
The time, 406, 24.
00:44
3 in the front, 3 in the rear.
00:46
It's going to be a middle unit.
00:48
Label floor is 1, 2, 3.
00:50
The apartment in question is going to be on the number 3-floor Alpha Quadert.
00:54
They had a fire in the dryer.
00:57
Physical dryers out front yard.
00:59
We'll be checking the apartment right now. We've got a line stretch to the front door.
01:03
The building is still occupied.
01:05
I'll hold command on the interior until you're right.
01:14
Engine 437 is on.
01:16
Second due.
01:23
9406 is direct on the traffic.
01:25
Do you have command? I'm still eight minutes out now.
01:28
All right, I copy. Tower 424 from the engine.
01:33
Go ahead, the tower last, 424.
01:37
We're going to be ventilation top floor,
01:41
Charlie Quadron apartment.
01:45
Tower 24-struck.
01:53
Calixt, engine 437 will be establishing Sacramento Drive Command until your arrival.
02:08
Engine 409. On Channel 4, Bravo, Fox, 42440404, Residential Fire Alarm, near Paltstone Lane, Cross Street, Gatehead Road.
02:19
Engine 409.
02:21
On Channel 4, Bravo, Fox, 42440404, Residential Fire Alarm, near Falkstone Lane, Cross Street, Gatehead Road.
02:34
We need ventilation and will be good to go.
02:38
I plan on dropping this down to engine and tower 424.
02:41
Return the channel.
02:45
Copy, you need a building or electrical? Not all.
02:50
Negative. We're all set with that.
02:54
Copy, Fairfax. It was his orders.
03:01
Fairfax, right, holding engine, 424.
03:04
Tower 424, everyone else pays for service, releasing channel 4 Delta, going back to 4 Bravo 1019.
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Location mentioned:
Near Sacramento Dr, Alexandria, VA 22309
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