Structure fire prompts evacuation in Dunstable, Dunstable MA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a structure fire near Main Street in Dunstable. A second alarm was transmitted as the fire spread through the building, and an evacuation order was issued. Multiple regional fire departments provided assistance at the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Dunstable Fire and EMS
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06:44
Transcript:
00:00
Forty and 16.
00:03
I'm calling command.
00:08
(name withheld), five girls in the room.
00:11
Yeah, they need to move on, but it's also in the walls.
00:14
Be advised, command a fire alarm.
00:18
Fire alarm answering commands.
00:21
Transmit a 2nd alarm.
00:25
(name withheld) is setting a 2nd alarm at 1630.
00:29
50 C1 to command, do you still have 60 engine two for red?
00:46
40 C1 to come in.
01:02
Mass, come in.
01:05
Westerville Fire is starting a 2nd alarm near Main Street.
01:09
Westerville to the scene with an engine.
01:11
Air for an engine.
01:15
Pepperell tanker.
01:17
Shirley for station coverage.
01:19
Holliston Engine Tower.
01:21
1631.
01:24
Command all companies, the fill stations should be at the 700 block of Main Street.
01:31
Mash with C 400 command.
01:33
Command answering.
01:36
And would you confirm your members are out of Division Two? We can open this line on the roof back here, Central One Five Six.
01:42
We also need another line around the front to the rear that's starting to come through the E wall by the east.
01:49
They're in there right now.
01:51
They've got a line operating.
01:55
Okay, like to make a much progress from this window back here.
02:16
Command of C two.
02:21
You know,
02:23
I'm making much progress from there.
02:24
From what we're seeing, I got fire coming out of the U-Hauls down here.
02:28
All right, we're just starting to open it up.
02:30
We got a lot of power.
02:37
Commander Nashua Engine Six.
02:48
Come on, FedEx.
02:55
Astro C400 command.
02:58
Answering Astro 4-5.
03:01
18 foot roof ladder to the side.
03:03
We can open up this knee wall from the outside.
03:06
18 foot roof ladder.
03:17
Commander, fire alarm.
03:18
Do you have national good responding? It's knocking on the dump.
03:23
Fire alarm to command.
03:24
We are notifying them at the moment.
03:33
Commander, how is it looking?
03:36
Same as his husband.
03:43
Engine one, you can charge that rear engine three quarter when you're ready.
03:56
Silent to command.
03:57
The 2nd alarm has been filled.
04:07
Command, we have national.
04:29
Coming out of C two.
04:32
Go.
04:34
I got a tape scroll crew out here ready to go.
04:36
Can you use them in there?
04:38
Yeah, bring it off the porch.
04:41
Okay,
04:42
I don't know.
04:51
One engine six.
04:53
The cars are nearby.
04:56
This is.
04:59
Go ahead.
05:03
All right, back out.
05:07
Command all units, evacuate the building.
05:10
Fire on, make the announcement.
05:11
All companies advise.
05:12
Wait.
05:22
This is (name withheld).
05:34
Fire alarm to all units near Main Street.
05:38
Parking man evacuates the building.
05:40
Repeating,
05:41
fire alarm to all companies near Main Street.
05:44
Parking man evacuate the building.
05:46
1639.
05:48
Command all companies, all officers meet me in front of the building.
05:57
Nashua C4, to command.
05:59
We're just finished up the hole in the top of the back here.
06:01
We'll be right out front.
06:08
Here we go.
06:11
Fire alarm 763.
06:16
Council fire answering, Devons Engine 3.
06:20
Devons Engine 3 on arrival roof with this man hooked.
06:26
Seventh engine, you're on arrival.
06:27
Sixteen thirty-nine.
06:34
Buffalo Fire West Station Three is also on scene.
06:43
Sixth Engine Two, you got a half tank.
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Location mentioned:
Main St, Dunstable, MA 01827
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