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Large structural fire with flames breaching the roof, St Louis County MN
Fire & ArsonMultiple fire departments responded to a large structural fire on Highway 53 near the I-Triple-RB building in Minnesota. Flames were breaching the roof, and many fire engines and tenders were lined up along the highway. Water spilled from trucks created slippery and icy conditions in the parking area, and police coordinated efforts to spread sand for safety. Firefighters accessed the building roof and continued firefighting operations amid challenging conditions.
Audio|Heard on: North St. Louis County Sheriff, Fire and Roads
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09:31
Transcript:
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Sherry engine two to Highway 53 stated at 85.
00:05
No,
00:09
Alex City, Squad 1.
00:13
Go ahead.
00:16
You can show us en route.
00:21
157.
00:26
I just want to make sure I heard correctly that is an engine,
00:30
not a tender.
00:32
Correct. We've got an engine for its tenders behind us.
00:37
Ten, four, you'll see the long line of engines on the highway.
00:41
If you can find the spot to park in there, go ahead.
00:43
We'll have your tender come up and stage in the driveway.
00:48
Copy.
00:57
Jack, which Lesnow, F.E5.
01:01
Go ahead, Jake.
01:03
We've got 6,500 gallons sitting here.
01:08
Yeah, we got no place to put these out here on the highway.
01:11
We've got,
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probably a quarter mile or more of engines lined up.
01:17
No, that's fine, I'm just letting you know how much water we have here.
01:21
Yeah, I'm looking, I might bring our pickup in here and park off to the side here so I can see what's going on with these tenders coming in instead of being on the highway.
01:36
Jake, is there a spot? I can put my pickups on there?
01:43
You could...
01:47
You could pull it in probably by neck.
02:02
Point Lake Ambulance for a BLS[1] transfer down to Ascentia Superior from Northern Pine.
02:07
Partlyx Ambulance for a BLS[1] transfer is 1759.
02:10
Quite right, acknowledge this page you can sign up.
02:13
Okay.
02:20
Is there anyone available to take a BLS[1] transport?
02:28
Mike, a goat.
02:32
Sounds good.
02:33
Thank you so much, Mike.
02:42
All vendors coming in to I-Tripp-RB parking lot, we had a spill off one of the trucks here.
02:47
This is really slick in here when you're coming around the corner.
02:55
Flame,
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just so you know.
02:59
Okay,
03:00
we'll reverse course and then hit the roof.
03:06
Try this, aging.
03:10
Go ahead.
03:13
I got two as O-TACs.
03:15
The two is out-tax for all-there if you want all for.
03:17
Oh my gosh.
03:23
So that means the two list packs.
03:33
Tell them to bring us, uh,
03:36
we're gonna need to, uh, we're gonna access the roof.
03:43
Triple R be present for us.
03:46
Hill, let me know what an EPA is.
03:50
That's a good copy.
03:52
Keating's truck just blew a line off, so they're gonna dump and be out of service after they get you.
04:01
T's truck will be out of service.
04:03
I'll let command know, uh,
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see if we can't be in addition or additional offenders or not.
04:11
That's here, copy.
04:12
Hey, Norm called me on Kenny's buddy.
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It was at $12.50 gallon.
04:18
Just for all we tell they get here and check on.
04:25
Oh, Lovic Township, Portable 11-1, done admin.
04:36
Go ahead, Jared.
04:40
Yeah, I'm going to run up to the township there, grab brush truck.
04:43
I'll meet you guys there.
04:51
Or do you guys want me just to come right to the scene?
04:57
We're just to come right to the scene.
05:08
Staging for Virginia ladder, Wanda.
05:13
Go to save.
05:16
We just hold up on scenes.
05:18
Where to...
05:23
Line the mail engine one up by the house here.
05:26
We'll have you just parked out on the road there and lock it.
05:32
Flatter one, copies.
05:39
I got a Seema 3 going to interior, alpha side, two-stocks.
05:45
Seema 3, Alpha-side Park-Tex.
05:54
Seaging from Charlie.
05:58
Go for staging.
06:00
I'm fine. I located them.
06:07
Mission safety.
06:08
F.E.3.
06:10
Go for us.
06:13
You want to grab a short ladder to bring over on this side in case we have to go out the window.
06:23
know who to call if I can call State from INDOT.
06:28
Yeah, can we call State from Indot, please?
06:31
Call on for us.
06:33
That work.
06:39
I took Northbound 53 from Virginia to Cook.
06:43
Nothing observed.
06:44
Let me clear you deal.
06:47
Copy 1804.
06:52
And the two exteriors to grab a short ladder and bring it to the Charlie side and tie in with safety officer cops.
07:04
Operation.
07:10
We do have fire breaching the roof.
07:12
We do have fire breaching the roof.
07:17
Captain Brown from operations you hear that fire breaching the roof over the peak.
07:28
City newest cherry tender nine on scene.
07:36
Half moon water supply this is Mack and Tender.
07:39
Tender.
07:44
Go for water supply.
07:47
After I'm dumping, where am I filling?
07:54
The I triple RB building, be careful,
07:57
they had a truck dump a bunch of water.
08:00
In the parking lot there, PD is arranging for a truck to get down there and dump some sand for us.
08:07
But just take a easy when you go in there by the fill area.
08:12
Copy that, be careful of the ice going in and I'll also, when I'm full, where do you want me to spark?
08:20
Dan is what we're going to do is we've got way too many apparatus on the highway, having all the tenders just line up in here right now.
08:29
We'll just keep attacking them up this.
08:32
The only way we're going to stay safe,
08:34
the number of apparatus out on the highway.
08:38
You've got to be that folding into the same driver I came in and wait my turn.
08:43
I bet it. I appreciate it.
08:56
Copy that.
08:59
In-Carrier from Operations Street.
09:03
The Homer Interior.
09:10
Danny, we got fire through the roof on the Delta side in the middle of the way between from Charlie to Alpha on the Delta side.
09:22
If you can make your way towards the Delta.
09:27
We're going to get away there now.
09:29
We just have some ceiling in the kitchen.
Police codes explained
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BLS: Basic Life Support transport
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