Building fire caused by live electrical wire in Asheville, Asheville NC
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, emergency responders were dispatched to a building fire near Macon Avenue in Asheville. The fire was caused by a live electrical wire arcing behind a house on Sunset Parkway. The power company was notified to assist.
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03:33
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00:00
Battalion 1, Battalion 2, Safety 9, Safety 10, Ladder 1, Squad 1, Engine 13, Engine 7, Engine 8, FM 10, Rescue 3, Engine 9, Tanker 12.
00:13
Near Macon Avenue.
00:16
Building fire.
00:17
Battalion 1, Battalion 2, Safety 9, Safety 10, Ladder 1, Squad 1, Engine 13, Engine 7, Engine 8, FM 10, Rescue 3, Engine 9, Tanker 12.
00:31
Near Macon Avenue.
00:33
Building fire,
00:34
near Charlotte Street and Glendale Road.
00:37
On fire 3.
00:48
Good.
00:52
We've been released by Sheriff's Office.
00:54
You've got us back in service.
00:58
Copy. The ones en route.
01:08
Copy.
01:20
Vermin.
01:25
Go on one scenario I tend to locate.
01:29
Copy, it looks like the house is going to be off Sunset Parkway.
01:33
Looks like that's where the dropway is.
01:36
Communications, but hangar one.
01:38
Go ahead.
01:41
Are you still on the phone with the caller?
01:45
Yes, sir.
01:49
All right, we've got units on both sides of that address.
01:53
Will you call them back and see if they'll come out in the front yard? Light us down.
02:00
Communications line one.
02:08
I think I just talked with the calling party they said that there was a live electrical wire on the back side of the house on Sunset that was arcing caused a fire if you want to start the power company as well we should be on scene momentarily cover that.
02:34
Staying one, no, it's not on scene stage on Charlotte Street.
02:38
Ladder 1, did they give you an address?
02:42
They gave us a narrow road in between Macon and Sunset Parkway.
02:51
A small alley, she said it was very difficult to drive down.
02:55
There was a lot of wires parking in the back of the house.
02:58
That's all she said.
03:03
Battalion One, company with face-to-face, we just passed the alley.
03:06
We didn't want to commit.
03:08
All right,
03:13
welcome, Skull, and we're on the way to face-to-face.
03:21
Communications, Battalion 1.
03:24
Go ahead.
03:26
On the scene with a large, two-story house, we have nothing shown.
03:30
I'll be investigating offensive if you can hold the assignment, but anyone has command.
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Location mentioned:
Macon Ave, Asheville, NC 28801
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