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Fire in three-story boarding home near Main StCity Of Orange NJ

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Main St, City of Orange, NJ 07050

According to the dispatch call, a fire occurred in a large three-story wood frame boarding home near Main Street and Ridge. The fire affected multiple floors including the basement. Firefighters operated multiple water lines and EMS and mutual aid from West Orange and South Essex were on the scene. The fire was knocked down and overhaul was in progress.

Audio|Heard on: Orange Fire Department
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04:19
Transcript:
00:00
All right, this is a large three-story wood frame boarding home occupied.
00:07
I got fire showing on the seaside first floor and the ground floor and the basement.
00:19
When you're done with the hookup, get everybody out.
00:28
Charge the second line!
00:35
Chief, you got water coming! You got water coming!
00:43
Command from Orange, Engine 2, uh, West Orange, Engine 2.
00:48
West Orange, go ahead.
00:50
Can we get a confirmation on address, reporting to the team?
00:58
Near Main Street, right at the corner of Main and Ridge.
01:06
Copy that near Main Street.
01:09
Come round.
01:16
Ladder one, give me that primary, let me know what's going on.
01:20
Make sure everybody's out.
01:27
All by the first one.
01:36
Stand by for the White Line.
01:38
He's going to stand by.
01:40
White Line, you got water coming, water coming.
01:55
Two Charlie, two alpha.
01:58
Into fire and a very sense knock down.
02:00
All right, let's get the seaside open on the outside.
02:12
Get to that little balcony roof and open that roof on the balcony, on the porch side, in the rear, sea side.
02:21
You got fire, that's killing.
02:29
You got fire, and that's killing.
02:44
If you can come down, when you come down Maine, turn up the one way on ridge.
02:50
We might lead to put the ladder up.
02:56
All right, Main Street Command's got West Gardens, I'm going to sign them as a writ.
03:01
EMS is also on scene.
03:09
Command, prevention, too?
03:13
All right.
03:17
All of his whole fire knock down, continuing to open up.
03:23
All right, recede.
03:29
Stop!
03:37
All right.
03:40
Main Street command on a progress report.
03:43
We have two lines charged in operating.
03:48
We're opening up.
03:50
All visible fires knocked down.
03:52
We've got an excessive overhaul.
03:55
And it looks like South Orange is...
03:58
South Essex is on scene.
04:02
Thank you, command.
04:03
Two lines in operation.
04:06
Overhaul on progress.
04:08
2041. You're not out.
04:15
South Essex, when you pull up, just come right to command with it.
04:18
I'll give me this, Simon.

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Main St, City of Orange, NJ 07050

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