Dumpster fire with small explosions near Cooper Creek Blvd, Manatee County FL
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a dumpster fire near Cooper Creek Blvd with small explosions inside. They kept a safe distance until water was available and noted many hotspots and debris inside the dumpster.
Audio|Source: Manatee County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Dumpster's going good again.
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Toll's over filling up right now.
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I've got the guys pulled away.
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We're getting little explosions inside the dumpster right now.
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We're not going to go near it until we get water.
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Hopefully it'll burn itself out a little bit until we can access it better.
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Cover that.
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Fire and Route, do you need fire and route at this time?
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I'm just seeing that a coworker fell off a ladder onto a shoulder.
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Yeah, I think it's been fired.
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Copy alpha 21-336.
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Engine, 351, Fall, near Cooper Creek Boulevard, Bradenton, DJ's Wholesale.
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Respond on Tack, 3.
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ECCC, 241 is on scene.
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Cover at 2.41.0338.
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ECC Engine 351-208805-2-4-3-all.
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Copy 351-339.
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Alpha-21, Inc. 351 from ECCC, your patient is going to be at the backdoor loading dock of DJs.
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Copy. 351, copy.
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Sarah 339.
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And three loads.
00:48
Good. We are going to need more water besides that next tank.
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There's a lot of hotspots in this trailer as well.
00:53
There's so much junk inside and debris.
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We just can't get to the bottom of the raft.
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We're out to pull most of the south.
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Location mentioned:
Near Cooper Creek Blvd, University Park, FL 34201
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