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Apartment fire sparks urgent rescue efforts in New Castle, New Castle PA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/30/2025 03:29 AM

Waldo St, New Castle, PA 16101

At 420 Waldo Street in New Castle, firefighters battle an apartment complex fire while police block roads and the Red Cross assists displaced residents and children in the cold.

Audio|Source: Lawrence County Fire and EMS - North

07:33

Transcript:

00:00

Wada Street Command LESE.

00:03

All right.

00:05

20-minute part check, also advising all utilities have been notified, responding immediately.

00:10

10-4[2].

00:17

5, we're out with you.

00:21

Hi, C121.

00:27

Okay, okay, you can pass.

00:29

Coffee, 2010.

00:36

We have all incoming units going,

00:39

responding on North Fire, contact 2431, no handle incoming units.

00:44

This will be our operations channel.

00:47

We'll have no other,

00:50

nothing else on this frequency except operations.

00:55

Copy 24-1, all units to respond on North Fire, Newcastle Fire bases operational.

01:02

Fire.

01:09

2431, good.

01:12

Who do I haven't route so far from Shenango in North Korea?

01:18

Shenango has not answered up yet.

01:19

You have Engine 7.

01:24

24.

01:25

24. Go ahead and give me station 100 to the C,

01:31

station,

01:34

300 to our station for now to stand up.

01:42

7.17-3-7-7-10.

01:48

Go ahead.

01:51

I want you to come off a grind street.

01:53

Come off a garage.

01:59

Manilton. I got me.

02:05

I'll see again.

02:06

We've all incoming units to North Fire.

02:09

We'll talk to 2431.

02:11

This will be an operations channel only.

02:15

Probably 24-01.

02:17

I'm sending me a word out now.

02:28

All incoming units, all incoming units to 420 Waldo Street, 420 Waldo Street, mark en route on North Fire,

02:38

Newcastle Fire to only be used as operations.

02:41

LAC Clear 632.

02:47

En route with two.

02:50

719 with two.

02:55

Okay, I'll have 7 if you hit that LEOC[1] 710.

02:58

Can you have PD to block off long?

03:02

Copy 710, 2D to block off long.

03:08

We need to be at Hamilton as well.

03:11

Please be shut out.

03:17

Copy you want Hamilton block off as well.

03:22

That's correct.

03:27

7.10, IOC.

03:34

Yes.

03:37

Just advising police are refusing to do that.

03:40

They advise us to notify Public Works.

03:44

I don't care who does.

03:45

If somebody runs their side of their issue.

03:49

Copy. I'm just letting you know because we're advising Public Works.

03:54

All right.

03:59

When you get out with that five inch from four, try and get it all the way to the right so I can get two up in me.

04:09

Simple.

04:11

As far as I can go, Kyle.

04:14

2431 OESA.

04:21

Okay.

04:23

Just confirming you want a full response at a 100?

04:28

Okay, 4. Four response out of 100, 300 to our station with manpower to stand by for any additional calls?

04:37

Probably 2431.

04:43

What are you waiting in this, my money?

04:56

Station 100 to the scene of 420 Waldo Street, 420 Waldo Street, City of Newcastle for an apartment complex on fire.

05:04

Respond to the scene on North Fire, Newcastle Fire, we use as operational, LAC,

05:11

635.

05:13

Station 300 report to 2,400 station, station, 300 report to 2,400 station.

05:21

Use North Fly response, a LACO, C, 635.

05:28

So, team,

05:30

everybody in India is not a new 24-7.

05:37

For you see one of the technologies are they looking for any particular piece of apparatus?

05:44

Any advice for response?

05:48

Copy.

05:49

No,

05:52

BUSC, 321 to Station 2.

05:55

Copy 321 to Station 2.

06:02

So you notify the Red Cross and see if we get an additional ambulance here to keep some of these people warm.

06:12

Probably 24-01 notifying Red Cross, also calling out a second ambulance to help keep people warm.

06:20

That's important. I don't need to be...

06:21

I just need somebody to drive it.

06:23

We're a bunch of little kids here where in the structure.

06:26

Just need to keep them from freezing here.

06:30

Copy 24-1.

06:35

24th race is falling.

06:42

2431, go ahead.

06:45

This 100 manpower and definitely an engine.

06:50

Let's see.

06:53

Copy 2431, break.

06:56

Station 100, do you copy that?

07:02

100 copies, standing by for more manpower.

07:08

Copycation, 100.

07:09

See,

07:14

2421.

07:17

Go ahead. 24-3 is on location.

07:23

We need PD to block the road on Long Avenue and directs.

07:29

There's probably 24-3.

07:31

Police advisor are not responding or notifying public works.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

LEOC: Lawrence County Emergency Operations Center dispatch/incident identifier

[2]

10-4: Acknowledgement / Affirmative / Message received

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