Small outdoor fire near Broad St extinguished, Durham NC
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire personnel and police responded to reports of an outside fire near Leon Street. After investigation, they found a small contained fire near Broad Street, likely started by a person attempting to stay warm. The fire was minor and extinguished on scene without injuries or property damage.
Audio|Heard on: Durham City Fire
Listen to dispatch call
04:16
Transcript:
00:00
Outside fire, near Leon Street.
00:21
Engine two.
00:26
Ops channel three, ops three.
00:39
Chief, you got fire?
00:47
I haven't checked in route quite yet, ma'am.
00:49
I think this is going to be the same alarm company that calls us in, but they don't know exactly where the fire is.
00:53
They just give this random building number.
00:58
Yeah, that's what I was going to ask fire since they've been out here.
01:01
We can't seem to find it.
01:02
We're still looking.
01:05
Tower,
01:06
Engine Two, you on?
01:16
Engine Two, copy dispatch.
01:29
Police are on the ops channel reference to this.
01:41
Police from Engine Two, go ahead.
01:51
Police to fire.
01:58
We have nothing on the Leon side of this complex.
02:02
We're gonna go check near Broad Street real quick.
02:10
Okay.
02:11
Yeah, I heard a little bit of your traffic before.
02:14
We have not been out there to our ship.
02:16
We have not been out there for it.
02:17
I don't know if the other ships have.
02:21
Gotcha. Yes, saw this call come out a couple times throughout this week and it looks like it's code seven.
02:34
Okay, we'll be there shortly.
02:55
Police to fire.
03:01
You guys can clear.
03:02
We can handle this with our extinguisher.
03:04
It's a very small little log.
03:13
All fire, yeah.
03:17
Person trying to keep warm.
03:24
Or are they just burning wood?
03:29
Yeah, it just looks like a piece of log up on two stones.
03:37
Copy. Yeah,
03:39
the way our policy is,
03:42
if this is natural wood product and it's contained,
03:47
we probably wouldn't have cleared out if they were using it for heat.
03:59
Police, what's the location of where this person is?
04:06
Near Broad Street, Building E, next to the Tiger Mart.
04:16
Two.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Broad St building e, Durham, NC 27705
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