Vehicle fire escalates into structure fire with injuries, Richmond VA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a vehicle fire near Albany Ave that spread to a building. Multiple vehicles were involved, causing heavy smoke. One civilian suffered burn injuries and was sent for medical care. Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire and requested an investigator to determine the cause.
Audio|Source: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
05:25
Transcript:
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Engine 13, Engine 6, Truck 5, and Battalion Commercial Vehicle Fire, Commerce Road and Mori Street Engine 13, Engine 6, Truck 5, and Battalion 3 Commercial Vehicle Fire,
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Commerce Road and Mori Street On, TAC Channel 2,
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Time Out, 1055
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Chuck 5 to Richmond on 2.
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Check 5.
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Is this call operating on 2?
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Negative. It's been upgrade to a structure fire.
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It's going to move to attack 4.
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Okay, show us in route.
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We'll have a delayed response.
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Copywood 256.
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Engine 17, Engine 1, Engine 20, Truck 10, Safety 1, and Battalion 4.
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Building Fire.
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Commerce Road and Morey Street.
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OnTack Channel 4.
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Timeout, 1056.
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The address is going to be near Albany Ave.
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That's our team received.
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Engine 8.
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Unconscious.
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(number withheld) Euclid Avenue.
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Engine 8. Unconscious.
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(number withheld) Uglut Avenue.
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Cross streets are Benton Street and Dead End.
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Contact Channel 2.
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Timeout, 1057.
01:48
Just find near Albany Ave call reporting a tanker on fire part half in and half out of the garage around (number withheld).
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Okay, and three, I'm on scene.
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It's going to be on the Charlie side of the building, 13.
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13, received.
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Cover tying three and seen from the Charlie side of the building in 1050.
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Pull up there so I can figure out where this is.
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The guy's pointing on the other side, all the gates are closed.
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All right, take a left and then an immediate right,
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go in that parking lot on the Charlie side and just cut the lock on the gate.
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13 received.
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Tyne 3. I'm on the scene.
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I'll have Albany Command.
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Right now I just got a lot of smoke coming from a couple of the vehicles on the back.
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I'll give you an update in a minute.
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Carver Tyne 3 has Albany Command.
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smoke come from vehicles on the back at 159.
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North Hamilton Street and Maston Lane.
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On tap Channel 2.
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Timeout.
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1059.
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Truck 5 come in off 7th Street.
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That's going to be your best access.
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Truck 5 received.
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18 turning around to Hamilton Maston Lane for the crash.
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Provide that the vehicles are leaking fluids at (number withheld).
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Albany command, you make this a working incident.
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Are we still trying to figure out if there's any extension? Get me a EMS unit for a civilian burn, have them report to near Albany Ave.
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Have the working incident declaration request the EMS for a civilian burn request near Albany Ave, 1100.
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All right, fire's out.
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I'm going to hold 136 truck 5, 136 truck 5 and let me know what EMS is route.
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Okay, fire is out holding into 13, into 6 truck 5 at 11.1.
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And Richmond, go ahead, notify an investigator.
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I request the investigator 1101.
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Richmond from Albany Command.
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Albany Command.
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Yeah, I still got units responding.
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You go over Attack 2 and make the announcement just in case they haven't switched.
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6,
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13,
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truck 5.
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I understand.
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Our units responding near Albany Ave.
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We handle all engine 13, engine 6, truck five, all the companies can return to service at 11.3.
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Command, what's the status for Richmond Ambulance? I got somebody in route?
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Affirmative.
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All right.
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Near Albany Ave, Richmond, VA 23224
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