Smoke in walls at El Sombrero Cafe triggers fire response, Colton CA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a reported fire at El Sombrero Cafe near South 7th Street. Smoke was seen inside the walls and ceiling but no active fire was initially found. Ventilation holes were cut in the roof to remove smoke. A charred area was discovered in the ceiling, with mild to moderate smoke continuing. Utility shutdowns were implemented to control the situation.
Audio|Source: San Bernardino County Fire - Valley
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Transcript:
00:00
Commercial structure fire, Medic Engine 264 at El Sombrero Cafe near South 7th Street, between West M Street and West North Street.
00:16
Move up, Medic Engine 76 at Station near Center City Court, between Cape Paris Apartment Homes Access Road, and No Cross Street.
00:36
Okay, yeah, I agree with you. Let's put a pan in there and blow some of that stuff out and see where the actual seat of the fire is.
00:45
We have lines pulled, we have all the guys here.
00:49
Let's stop guessing with the fog of all that smoke and get it pushed out.
00:59
Tom, Senator-tying 116.
01:02
There's not only 160, go.
01:06
Yeah, I see you started to move us to 23s, was that for this call?
01:14
Negative is for the next question.
01:18
I copy, thank you.
01:20
Copy.
01:24
Copy that confirming you're going to charge the building with the vent pan and close these doors on the Bravo side to push it through the vent holes.
01:39
Hey, boom, we'll be done on the ventman.
01:44
Thank you, break.
01:47
Truck 251 as ventilation group.
01:50
It's from my seat.
01:53
Okay, see ventilation. Go ahead.
01:59
Kyle, we're 30 minutes into this incident.
02:02
Can you let me know what that roof feels like up there?
02:09
The roof feels very solid. We haven't found any fire. We cut multiple holes on the end side.
02:16
By the way, which side is alpha on this building?
02:21
All close where truck 251 is located over the address side next to the trip.
02:31
Confirmate truck 251 on hand the street?
02:36
No, truck 211.
02:40
I copy that. So we've got a bunch of holes up against the wall on the Delta side.
02:45
No fire, just lazy smoke kind of coming out from the vertical wall.
02:50
Have we had any reports from a fire attack or anything that could help us location?
02:57
That's negative.
02:59
They are seeing nothing but smoke in the walls and the ceiling.
03:04
They're going to start a fan up. They're going to start pushing everything out.
03:09
Those ventilation holes, so I guess be prepared to extend it and try to find what's causing all the truck is.
03:19
Can I cover that?
03:25
Fire attack Rick.
03:36
Go ahead,
03:38
fire attack, Rick. Fire attack, Rick,
03:43
Is the water shut down in the building, we shot out of the building, we shall have some valves for make sure it off.
03:52
Alders in Bravo 1, Medics Squad near Baseline Road, Unit (number withheld), between Cornelian Street and Vineyard Avenue.
04:18
So far, we've found one charred area in the ceiling on the top of the side.
04:25
I haven't been finished for about seeing.
04:27
But so far, I've got to find out there's fire.
04:28
All right about class.
04:37
On top of that, it sounds like you just have one area that's charred,
04:42
we've still got mild to moderate smoke production, not pressurize off the Delta side.
04:54
Van Parnatake?
04:57
Ted, phone fire attack.
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Location mentioned:
Near S 7th St, Colton, CA 92324
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