Dumpster fire contained near Ohio River Blvd, Allegheny County PA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a possible dumpster fire along Ohio River Boulevard in Pennsylvania. Multiple firefighting units coordinated water supply operations and extinguished the fire, which created a light smoke condition. Crews worked to remove the dumpster afterward, and the scene was later declared contained.
Audio|Heard on: North Hills Police / Fire / EMS
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04:13
Transcript:
00:00
Two, you can probably scale this back to 108, 200, 251, 148, and 275.
00:06
All right, county just told us of the units on scene.
00:17
Company is alerted for Ohio River Boulevard holding units on scene.
00:29
Engine 148, we're gonna charge again.
00:33
All right, you're connected to 108, so go ahead and charge it.
00:47
Engine 140 from Engine 651.
00:52
Engine 251, go ahead.
00:54
Hey, this hydrant's ready.
00:55
You want me to charge it?
00:58
Yeah, send it. You're sending the 108 squad.
01:01
All right, water's coming.
01:10
RB command, do you need the fire marshal there?
01:18
108 squad, charge the black line.
01:28
Got it from RV command.
01:32
Command, go ahead.
01:34
Did you get my copy for the fire marshal?
01:40
Negative, I'll alert them.
01:47
108 squad, kill that black line.
01:53
Two thirty-five, lieutenant.
01:57
Good.
01:59
Take your crew and go refund the store.
02:00
They said that there's a lot of smoke in there.
02:04
Copy.
02:14
295 truck driver, come in.
02:19
Go ahead.
02:21
All right, with the crew inside the building.
02:25
Light haze,
02:26
no smoke in the main, so we're going to check the back room now.
02:31
Stop.
02:34
ORV command from county.
02:38
Go ahead.
02:41
Here, 15-minute checkpoint.
02:49
Fire's out.
02:50
We have a light smoke condition.
02:54
Working on trying to get this dumpster out of here.
03:01
Command, your operation.
03:05
Good, I was just getting ready to call you.
03:08
Hey (name withheld), I got somebody out here to pull this dumpster out.
03:11
You want us to yank it at?
03:15
Yeah, do that and also can ask if you've got waste management contacted to get out of here too.
03:23
I'll handle that.
03:31
County for RB command.
03:35
Go ahead.
03:38
Do you copy that? Can you start Waste Management as well?
03:44
Received.
03:52
C251, operation for you.
04:02
Command from interior.
04:05
Go ahead.
04:08
The dumpster is unlatched from the compactor.
04:12
We're good to pull it out.
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Location mentioned:
Ohio River Blvd, Pennsylvania
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