Elevator entrapments reported downtown amid power outage, Durham NC
Fire & ArsonDuring a downtown power outage in Durham, multiple elevators became stuck, trapping occupants inside. Fire crews were dispatched to the Criminal Justice Resource Center at 326 East Main Street and other nearby buildings to rescue those trapped between floors. The outages were sporadic, affecting some buildings but not others. Firefighters worked to secure power and safely free the occupants from hydraulic elevator shafts and other elevator types.
Audio|Source: Durham City Fire
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Elevator Incident, near South Mangum Street.
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Elevator Incident, near South Mangum Street.
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Engine, one, ladder,
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three.
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It's at the east parking garage, ops 3 up 1003.
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ladder free from engine one.
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Yeah,
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they're just with a big power outage downtown,
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so I'm pretty sure there's probably gonna be somebody stuck in it.
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We'll be there in a minute.
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I'm stucker with.
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Elevator Incident, Criminal Justice Resource Center, 326 East Main Street.
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Elevator Incident, Criminal Justice Resource Center, near East Main Street, cross of North Roxborough Street and North Queen Street.
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Engine 3. Quint, 7.
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The afts for work to report.
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Agent one from communications.
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Engine one from communications.
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Go ahead, Cal.
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Hey, it says this the one at the entrance, I'm assuming that's the one right there behind that hair salon.
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The machine room, it's a hydraulic, so the machine room is right on the first floor right there next to it.
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1040, yeah, Scott's out here with me.
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And it's really odd at the way the power's out.
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It's not out everywhere downtown.
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It's kind of sporadic.
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Well,
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fix it, Rhonda.
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Ladder 3 from communications.
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If you end up getting cleared up before you get there's another elevator
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six east main that just came out.
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All right, yeah, we'll see what we can do at this one first.
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They're not calling them to cancel that elevator.
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The 50, South Mangum, the one that's wrong.
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Please think that the guys out of the elevator now.
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With security and with the tie over American advice, I haven't been advised that anybody is at home yet.
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Okay, well they said that the guys out of the elevator now wants to cancel.
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Civil security supposedly just talked to him and said he's still on the elevator.
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We're headed up the floor three now.
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Adam, it's going to be on the third floor.
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Yep, now we just got updates that said cancel to cancel.
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They put it in the wrong call.
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We're canceling to cancel to cancel.
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I copy your copy to my copy.
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Hey Adam, where y'all at?
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Fat turn on, Mangum.
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We're going to need to...
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I guess coasted down,
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he's in between floors, he's in between floor two and floor three.
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All right, so if you can locate the elevator room,
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we'll have to secure power first.
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I know that the power's out, but we'll still have to lock it out.
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Yeah, I will.
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I think, Captain Pierce, can you just tell us it's on the first floor to the right?
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Yeah, 10-4.
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It's to the right of the elevator on ground level.
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All right, we're going back down to the machine room.
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Guy, he's fine on there.
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We told him more about that.
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Near E Main St, Durham, NC 27701
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