Firefighters battle warehouse blaze in Newark, Newark NJ
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a blaze at an abandoned warehouse near Virginia Street in Newark. Flames were visible on the first floor, and smoke was coming from upper levels. The structure was declared a defensive operation due to unsafe conditions. Two burn victims were found outside, and emergency medical teams treated them at the scene. Some people were still unaccounted for as the fire was brought under control.
Audio|Heard on: Essex NJ Fire-Tac Group Calls
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06:32
Transcript:
00:00
29, this is the established command.
00:02
We got an abandoned structure here, fire on the first floor.
00:05
Open structure, abandoned structure, we got holes in the floors and the walls.
00:09
Be careful.
00:14
Battalion 4 to quarters, make this a signal 11.
00:18
Please advise all units that this is a defensive operation at this time.
00:22
Defensive operation.
00:28
Attention all units, responding on station 2563, signal eleven from battalion four.
00:32
All units be advised this is going to be a defensive operation at this location from battalion four.
00:37
All units be advised, this is a defensive operation.
00:40
Zero 0900 hours A seven.
00:45
Battalion two to W one.
00:48
Fire, make sure you bring up the three people here in the water.
00:52
So trying to establish command,
00:55
we got an abandoned structure warehouse.
00:59
Smoke on the top floor,
01:02
smoke also pushing out on the A side.
01:05
Command will be on the A side or Virginia Street side.
01:10
We got similar structures on the A five.
01:17
Members are going to work grabbing some water.
02:02
We have fire on the first floor in a large vacant three-story concrete structure at this time.
02:09
We have one line stretch in operation.
02:11
We got water on the fire.
02:21
Ladder four is on the scene.
02:41
Hopefully the fire's knocked down.
02:44
We are hitting some hot spots at this time.
02:52
Do you advise EMS as well as North Police notified and respond?
03:01
Battalion 5 on the scene.
03:18
Station 2563, signal 101, arson signal 101 from Battalion 4 at 0905 hours eastbound.
03:59
Chief, primary search on the second floor is negative.
04:03
We do have some spot fires from multiple squatters around this building.
04:22
Chief, from EMS there are still some unaccounted for victims and we do have two burn victims outside.
04:32
We have EMS supervisor on the scene assessing their condition.
04:39
A couple people are still unaccounted for.
05:06
Whole fire is knocked down on the first floor.
05:26
We also have two victims being attended to by EMS at the corner of Freeland Street, Highland Avenue, and Virginia Street.
06:00
On the CD side on first division, we have more fire control burns and squatters have controlled burn.
06:28
All companies working.
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Virginia St, Newark, NJ
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