Smoke from crematory stack at Rocky Hill Vault, Cromwell CT
Fire & ArsonA possible fire was reported near Shunpike Road at the Rocky Hill Vault. Upon investigation, the smoke and flames were determined to be coming from a crematory or incinerator stack, not from the roof or building structure itself. Fire personnel checked the site to confirm the source and ensured there was no active structural fire.
Audio|Source: Cromwell Fire and EMS
03:28
Transcript:
00:00
near Shunpike Road, Rocky Hill Vault.
00:12
Questioning a fire on the road.
00:25
All four personnel, they'll go for engine one.
00:32
near Shunpike Road, believed to be the Rocky Hill Vault for a possible fire on the roof.
00:41
And that's near Shunpike Road for a possible structure.
00:50
Quad 1-113 respond.
00:52
It's near Shunpike Road, the Rocky Hill Vault.
00:56
Caller was next door at near Shunpike Road and said there was possibly a fire on the roof.
01:04
Being familiar with the building, I did ask him if it was the exhaust pipe or if it was the roofline itself and he couldn't tell the difference between.
01:11
All right, any contact with the facility?
01:18
Negative, I've had no calls.
01:25
Dispid squad's on team, it's a story.
01:29
Commercial brick, nothing's shown from the ABC side. We're checking.
01:34
Squad went offshore at command.
01:38
Roger, you're in command, nothing's showing, investigating.
01:45
Saturday 3 gets set up here and going to the roof.
01:51
Hey Sped, attention one, on the ramp, awaiting additional personnel. I got two coming.
01:56
Close five, please.
02:00
And Joan Rudyard here on the ramp, I got the board up.
02:07
Spess, can you get the original caller back on the phone?
02:14
I can try to, he was leaving.
02:21
Billy, there's any specific going to be asking when I get them on the phone or?
02:27
Yeah, ask him to meet us at the site.
02:32
Copy.
02:38
Dispatch, also try to make contact with Rock Heald vault here.
02:49
If you don't find anybody on site, see if you got a contact after hour.
02:58
Outer 3 to command.
03:01
Go ahead.
03:05
Fire coming out of the stack.
03:09
Looks like they just started off one of the crematory or the incinerators.
03:18
Yeah, received it would be awesome if somebody was on site to tell us that.
03:26
Ladders through command, go to fire round.
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Location mentioned:
Near Shunpike Rd, Cromwell, CT 06416
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