Fire at commercial lithium battery plant in basement, Hopkinton MA
Fire & ArsonA fire occurred in the basement of a commercial lithium-ion battery manufacturing building near Avenue E in Hopkinton. The fire spread to the first floor. Multiple fire crews responded, including a second alarm due to water supply challenges. Interior firefighting operations and ventilation were underway to control the fire.
Audio|Source: Hopkinton Fire
09:2
Transcript:
00:00
Milford engine on arrival, take your crew to the front of building, you're going to pull a backup line.
00:04
Go ahead, truck one.
00:05
Just give us one minute.
00:07
Let's see if there's any, uh...
00:08
I'll make sure we have one on this firebe as where we start to open up the room.
00:13
Hopping confiders from knowing Amy to where to be able to be in.
00:18
St. Billion, I hear, we're 8th Avenue near Avenue E.
00:22
No, no. At 6.30.
00:23
Command. This is calling command.
00:25
Bye.
00:26
You're on heavy fire.
00:27
I think we caught the Charlie side.
00:29
That is the basement and send it into the first.
00:31
Wait now we have no water on the fire and recommend you over a second.
00:34
Receive, I have no first stretch the back applied fire.
00:37
I'm going to go with the second alarm.
00:38
Receive, we have that for a second alarm.
00:40
Command, just be advised you're also 20 minutes into operation.
00:42
Receive. Receive.
00:43
One, Hopdale engine.
00:44
Hopedale engine.
00:45
Hopedale engine, we're upgrading to a second alarm.
00:50
Can you now respond directly to the scene, number 8 Avenue near Avenue E for the second alarm fire?
00:56
I'll get into one opposite, bus.
00:58
And straight, commandant.
00:59
Can you get them. We have not been able to check our sections, but we do have a high need.
01:06
Milford. Milford.
01:07
Measure 1, Hopkins 5.
01:08
Answering up, then.
01:09
We're on Route C, FI, who concur with rate.
01:11
Receive in Route 1635.
01:13
C1, go ahead.
01:15
Now to ABUC, I want a water supply to the tower.
01:17
Engine two from fire alarm.
01:23
Fire alarm is going to need to be a mutual agent, down.
01:25
Receive. Receive. All right,
01:26
I'm a man.
01:27
Okay. B1. We got Framingham responding.
01:31
Framingham's Ladder responding.
01:32
You can have the truck company start to open it up.
01:35
You might be the mobile engine from the homeowner inside with the old.
01:40
Anything, just let us know when you're good for us to open up the hole down doors in the back.
01:43
Yep, I think we're getting a knock on this and can go ahead and open up.
01:47
Cowell truck one from command.
01:48
Are you guys on the interior or you still on the exterior of the building?
01:50
We're going to see around the county side.
01:52
You can open up these roll-up.
01:53
You can say that it's completely cluttered with diamonds in front of it.
01:56
We can't find any switches on all the same.
01:58
You want to set them?
01:59
Yeah, you're a little broken up, but you can go ahead and start open up and then roll down doors in the rear.
02:02
All right, we might have to cut him at this point, just up one end up one end.
02:06
Go ahead, Econum.
02:07
Cut him. One for. File up again.
02:08
Andrews. Call button fire and answer their fedlation unit.
02:12
Pedalation truck.
02:14
You see, I have it. It confirmed the Srammaham Ladder.
02:17
Hope Joe's been redirected to the scene.
02:18
You have an open air supply.
02:20
And we're working on going in the visit.
02:21
Thank you.
02:24
We have a 200-100-site-toon commercial lithium ion manufacturing building.
02:29
We have fire in the basement between the ceiling of the basement and second floor.
02:34
We have two line stretch when in operation.
02:36
Trucks are still opening up.
02:37
Check it for extension. For fire is down.
02:38
Okay, that message at 1635.
02:40
Finally, if you can tell the Premingham ladder on their arrival, they can set up on the Delta side.
02:45
Bree-Gie, Framingham ladder on the Delta side.
02:47
Go ahead.
02:48
The engine is going to work in the next company in the area.
02:53
Reesies. I'll set you in my next in engine.
02:55
Standby. He gave orders for the ladder on the ladder.
02:56
He gave orders for the ladder and one cycle check.
02:57
Done.
02:58
I'll send out another company low on air.
03:00
I'll take another company for the vision too.
03:02
Repeat. Sign on the command.
03:03
Done. We have engine one responding from headquarters.
03:05
What's your orders form?
03:06
Take their crew to front of the building.
03:07
Has Hopdale or Upton signed on?
03:10
Affirmative Bossa signed up.
03:11
Receive. I'm looking for another engine company on top of engine one to the front of the building.
03:15
Get through to the front of the building and see if you can grab either Upton or Hotel as well to go to the front of the building.
03:21
Were you able to make contact to Blyham?
03:23
Second alarm[1] assignments.
03:24
Receive.
03:25
Receive, up against.
03:26
Up then on scene, 1641.
03:28
That's your line, ex-meant.
03:30
No one. No one.
03:31
Up to an end, uh, Hopdale engine from command.
03:34
Hopedale engine answering.
03:35
Can you guys spin around, go back 1-2-3 and then get a fly line into the tower on the sea side?
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Second alarm: Upgrade to a higher-level fire response due to fire severity and resource need
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Location mentioned:
Near Avenue E, Hopkinton, MA 01748
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