Fire in school gym leads to student evacuation, Maryville TN
Fire & ArsonA fire occurred in a school gym in Maryville, TN, causing smoke and evacuation of students. The fire was started by a cell phone that caught fire on the metal bleachers. Fire extinguishers were used to put out the fire. The gym remains closed while investigation and cleanup continue.
Audio|Source: Blount County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Agent 4 is on the same single story, school, nothing shown from exterior students have been evacuated.
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43 will have William Blanc[3], command.
00:08
Copy. Indian 4[2] on scene, 43 will have William Blanc[3] command and students evacuated.
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Okay. Tangle 5OLM.
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Thank you.
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086-410-931.
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Last four of my filming, please.
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Hello and it's valid on Travis E.
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Marsh, Beckfield Drive, Knoxville.
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Last four, nine, six, one, zero.
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Command 100[1].
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100.
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There is now.
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Life smoke, condition, in the gym.
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Faculty's already got plans set up and ventilator.
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We'll be investigating further.
00:38
Shopping fireouts, fans, death man, latent, investigation.
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On scene.
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Engine 1 on scene.
00:43
18's on scene.
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18 on scene. 18 on scene.
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33 is it 4.
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A 43, what do you need?
00:51
ComCenter, Marrable Fire, have an EMS call (number withheld) Halley Street, (number withheld) Holley Street, cross with the Riverable Road.
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Copy, Squad 1.
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Copy, Squad 1. Priority 1, Medicaid 8, Holly Street for difficulty breathing.
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Go ahead.
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Copy Squad 1.
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You're en route to (number withheld) Holly Street.
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(number withheld) Holly Street.
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Have a 63-year-old male difficulty breathing.
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Crushing it may be a female.
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ALS 56 is on a truck, Portable B.
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Got to be Portable B.
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You all have a good shift.
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May 3 destination.
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3 destination at 826.
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Betchmedic 1. We're clear, Hunter's Crossing.
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Where'd you like us?
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Station 1, sir.
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Better gate on scene.
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Better get on scene, 828.
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Seeing to 110.
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100. 100.
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Spoken 43, I'll be a 7 command.
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We've had a cell phone to make stuff something in it cause it to catch fire.
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They threw it on the metal bleachers.
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They did use extinguishers to extinguish it.
01:43
Not sure if it's smoky in here, fire extinguisher does.
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I don't allow students to come back into the structure,
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not in the gym.
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Sorry, they're doing it now, but give me just a second.
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We step out and finish it.
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I'm allowed soon to come back in and I'm not going to be in the gym.
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I'm going to clear engine one, myself and engine four will be on the scene a little bit longer.
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Continuing to make sure that we get cleaned up here.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Command 100: Incident Command Activation
[2]
Indian 4: Unit Identifier
[3]
William Blanc: Command/Unit Identifier
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Maryville, TN
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