Firefighters extinguish fire at South Bend home, South Bend IN


Fire crews responded to a residential structure fire near Courteer Way in South Bend, Indiana. They saw smoke coming from a two-story brick house. Firefighters forced entry through doors, searched the home, and applied water to put out the fire.
Audio|Source: South Bend Metro Fire
03:28
Transcript:
00:00
Respond to 1, 2 3, (number withheld), 1, 2, 3, Courteer Way, 1, 2, 3, Courteer Way for a possible residential structure park.
00:05
This batch 102.
00:06
I'll be on scene.
00:07
I've got a median size. Two-story brick residential structure.
00:10
I do have smoke showing.
00:11
I'll be out investigating.
00:12
I'll also have command.
00:13
Squad 1, I see you're pulling up.
00:15
The engine's right behind you.
00:16
Don't worry about stretching off your rig.
00:17
Get me a 360 and let me know what we got.
00:19
On scene with the caller, he's going to take me to the sign.
00:22
So far I don't see, oh, now I see some smoke down at the east entrance.
00:26
He'll stand by truck three, I'll give me an update.
00:27
Let's go ahead and start stretching the line just in case we could have something going on in here.
00:31
Fire 116 fire dispatch.
00:33
You know that.
00:35
Do you still want the fire grab one?
00:38
Negative. I'm on scene, very small.
00:41
Here's remote fire.
00:42
Clear.
00:43
I'm clear. You got heavy smell comment from Division 2.
00:46
Let's go ahead and start getting some of these doors opened up.
00:48
And I would have you guys assist with a first floor search after you start getting some of these doors open.
00:54
Got to be solving the structure.
00:56
Squad 3.
00:57
Let's start throwing some egress ladders.
00:58
Fire 116 for it is then.
01:00
Squad one, I'm being advised there's a heavily forced door on the Charlie side of the structure by 116.
01:06
Do you guys take care of that?
01:07
Squad one, clear.
01:08
Squad one, clear. Squad two is making entry on Delta.
01:10
Commandant got us.
01:13
Do a fire alarm testing at (number withheld) Edison Road, Building (number withheld), Building (number withheld), and Building (number withheld).
01:19
Please do that dispatch fire crews and let me know if you receive the signal.
01:23
As well.
01:27
...soid one.
01:28
Todd. Charlie's side's done for us and open.
01:29
Tompoyer, let's see if we can get a first floor search going, primary.
01:32
Charlie's first floor to the fire.
01:33
Fire, command is spot two.
01:35
We have water on fire.
01:36
Command has got a spot two, you got water on the fire.
01:38
A dispatch stroke 6.
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