House fire with heavy flames and possible collapse reported, Charlotte NC
Fire & ArsonA house near Billy Graham Parkway experienced a heavy fire with flames focused on the side of the building. Firefighters responded and confirmed possible structural collapse above the garage area. Evacuations were ordered and fire attack was underway with safety precautions to keep personnel away from unstable parts of the structure.
Audio|Source: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Fire
05:55
Transcript:
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Engine 17, M.B.A.
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Medical hold, near Billy Graham Parkway and Scott's Feud Trail Drive.
00:05
Engine 17, N.
00:06
VA medical hold, near Billy Graham Parkway and Scott's Feud Trail Drive.
00:09
It's safety command.
00:11
Go ahead. Keep all personnel out of the area above the garage.
00:12
Pull everybody back to the main part of the house.
00:13
Recommend using the aerial on that part.
00:15
You've got heavy fire now venting on the Bravo corner of the house.
00:16
Command, copy, fire attack.
00:20
You get that.
00:21
Agent 28 to come in.
00:23
Hold off on the area.
00:24
Let me get my guy out of the attic.
00:25
Okay, let me know.
00:27
The guy didn't say calls ain't getting dressed.
00:28
Command alarm, primary complete, constructions.
00:37
AlarmCopathy, primary complete.
00:40
Assignment.
00:41
Engine 11. Move to Station 4.
00:44
Station reassignment.
00:45
Engine 11. Move to station 4.
00:47
The man copy. I don't know.
00:51
I was going to come out of a lot.
00:54
I can all the way down. The man copy.
00:55
Engine five, chest pain, near (number withheld) freeze and drive.
00:59
Engine five, chest pain, near (number withheld) freeze and drive.
01:03
If you, command.
01:04
Go ahead.
01:05
Just FYI, this house also has a crawl space.
01:07
Did you advise fire up under the crawl space?
01:10
Negative. This house has a crawl space.
01:13
Access on the Delta side.
01:14
Too many copies.
01:16
Command, fire attack.
01:17
Confirm, everybody's out of the structure.
01:18
I have confirmed if everyone's out of the structure.
01:20
Command, the ladder 17, give me a par.
01:22
Correction. Light of 31, give me a par.
01:23
17 alarm.
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817.
01:25
We're not finding anything yet.
01:26
You got a better rotation?
01:27
Negative. It's just a crash certification.
01:29
24, which is 9-7.
01:31
Command alarm.
01:32
Archer collapse of the, uh,
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above the garage.
01:34
Alarm, obvious. Commander Ladder 31.
01:35
Command of 31.
01:37
Ladder 31, far.
01:38
Copy. Injury 35, are you far?
01:40
35, for.
01:41
Command, engine 36, are you far? 36, far.
01:43
36. Far. We're available unless you've got something more than any.
01:45
Two, four to seventeen.
01:46
We don't have anything.
01:47
Engine 26 and Tower 26.
01:49
Fire alarm.
01:50
Near Oaken Drive.
01:52
On E, ECHO.
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Engine 26 and Tower 26.
01:55
Fire alarm.
01:56
Near Oaken Drive.
01:58
On E. Echo.
01:59
Arm of Concord Truck, 11.
02:01
Goal.
02:02
Go to an engine five, are you parking?
02:03
Under five, Paul.
02:04
Safety to command.
02:05
Go ahead, the command.
02:06
Keep everybody away from the Bravo side.
02:08
You got the top portion of the wall leaning,
02:10
recommend pulling a handline around, keep it on the street, and put out the fire contained to the Bravo corner.
02:16
It looks like the only majority of the fire that you have.
02:19
But just keep everybody away.
02:20
Copy. Two thirty-five, four lines to the probable side of the structure.
02:25
Concord battalion two, are you parked?
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Location mentioned:
Billy Graham Pkwy, Charlotte, NC
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