Multiple brush fires and live electrical lines cause evacuations, Boca Raton FL
Fire & ArsonSeveral electrical and brush fires have started near Hickory Terrace, Elderberry Street, and Apple Tree Lane. The fires involve live power lines that have made firefighting efforts unsafe. Multiple homes behind near Apple Tree Lane are affected, and evacuations have been ordered to protect residents. Firefighters are awaiting power shutdown to begin containment and suppression of the fires.
Audio|Source: Boca Raton Fire Rescue
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Transcript:
00:00
You dispatch a second suppression just in case.
00:04
We're having electrical multiple fires, but we can't do anything because the lines are hot.
00:14
You might want to respond to this call.
00:15
Battalion 1 from the engine.
00:20
Go ahead.
00:23
You might want to respond to this call.
00:26
On my way, dispatch every time when they're selling.
00:30
14.22.
00:36
Engine 2 on fire main.
00:40
It's engine 2.
00:43
Can't tone you out. Can't respond to the wire call with Engine 8 at near Hickory Terrace.
00:52
Just two copy.
00:55
1424
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24
01:00
And June 8 from fire dispatch
01:03
And Jeanette, go ahead
01:05
We've been additional calls on elderberry street behind Hickory A caller has a brushfire in our backyard near Elderberry Street.
01:15
I understand.
01:17
It's affecting multiple houses.
01:19
It's on the fence and it's tracking all the way through the fence. We can't do anything about it at the moment. Just advise them, uh, as soon as the grid to shut down, we'll address it.
01:32
truck five air signed to an elevator rescue at near Northwest 15th Street have people stuck in the elevator so then and further zone to meet near Northwest 12 time out 1427 engine two from engine eight and two go ahead
01:56
If you haven't committed already, if you're even come down Apple Tree Lane, that's your best access for the other houses where we got the first two, there's going to be probably an additional two in the direction.
02:12
Exactly.
02:13
Dr.
02:18
Satch for Rescue 2.
02:23
What is on that elevator rescue? near 1130?
02:28
20 20
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5500. This is a quick truck 5.
02:40
Truck 5 load in service.
02:44
Truck 5, copy, thank you.
02:51
And you want us to go over to Elderberry?
02:59
You could stage on Hickory Lane and Apple Tree Lane,
03:04
because I'm not sure which,
03:05
where you're going to end up.
03:11
I tell you was a row.
03:21
Agent 2 from Italian.
03:27
If you can, I need you to evacuate the houses.
03:31
The three house is directly behind near Apple Tree Ln, so I think that's vicarie.
03:37
Whatever's right directly behind near Apple Tree Ln,
03:40
the house is there.
03:43
Copy. Copy near Apple Tree Ln East and near Apple Tree Ln East to the east, is that correct?
03:50
That's Elderberry just east.
04:01
You from Italian?
04:05
Go ahead.
04:07
We've got confirmation from Rep. If you can get directly behind there on Elderberry and any of the brush fires are those three backyards.
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Location mentioned:
Apple Tree Ln & Hickory Terrace, Boca Raton, FL 33486
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