Fire in apartment building at 711 West 40th Street, Baltimore MD
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Fire & ArsonA fire occurred in a four-story apartment building near West 40th Street in Baltimore. Smoke was visible on the second floor, involving construction materials and debris. Firefighters responded with several units and controlled the fire with an interior attack. The fire was contained to construction debris with no smoke detected on the third floor.
Audio|Heard on: Baltimore City Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
Truck 25.
00:02
Made access to the Cesar Files.
00:05
Primary is complete.
00:06
Area appears to be under construction.
00:09
The pin a line on here.
00:11
Store is directly off second floor elevated wildness.
00:15
It's put forth, string line is stairwell number five.
00:19
On that page 126, 2034.
00:30
Tiny Tramonstein,
00:32
go ahead and make me command.
00:33
I got a four-story apartment building.
00:35
Got smoke showing from the second floor.
00:38
The company is making interior attacks.
00:41
The tech will have accountability.
00:43
Command posts to be set outside out for the building.
00:52
This would be construction materials burning only,
00:57
knowing of the structural compound.
01:00
Unitsoperator 21,
01:02
29, that is on scene.
01:04
Kentucky 2 will assume what's 40th Street command times 235.
01:15
29-1 to 121-121.
01:24
Okay, repeat that, are you calling for water?
01:28
Engine 29, portable runs, to engine 21 portable run.
01:34
44-25 trucks.
01:38
I need a line to you now.
01:47
Command to Trock 25.
01:50
Stop opening up until you have a hose line in place.
01:59
Truck 25.
02:03
Mani to make this work a fire, stage would be 40th and Roland.
02:11
In working fire,
02:14
2037.
02:20
Car 5, I'm on the scene.
02:24
Car 5 won't see, 2037.
02:26
Engine 4 portable 2 to engine 21, portable 2, ready for water?
02:32
Negative.
02:38
Commander Truck 25, do you have an apartment number?
02:43
Commandant, it's unmarked door,
02:47
out lobby level two.
02:49
Off the elevator line on and out.
02:50
We're in the line on and out.
02:54
I copy.
02:56
Community communication updated address is 711 West 40th.
03:04
Community message received 2038.
03:08
29. You have a line.
03:13
This is the same place on.
03:20
5V3 to communications place FIB3, FIV14, and FIB23 in routes of the working fire.
03:29
Copy FIB314 and 23 in routes.
03:32
2038. This would show with fire ground 1.
03:38
As in touch-five,
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we have our line in place.
03:43
We're knocking the fire down now.
03:46
It's contained to a large pile of construction debris.
03:51
We'll have it knocked in a second.
03:55
Commander copies.
04:01
Truck five, roll locations, Paging.
04:08
52 on scene, conducting 360.
04:13
52 in staging.
04:18
Commanded truck 5.
04:20
You can come up with manpowering tools and do a search on the third floor.
04:25
Code 5 copy.
04:31
31 to 21, portable 2.
04:35
I'm struggling like 50 PSI at the standpoint connection.
04:43
Get here to command.
04:48
Command, go ahead.
04:51
The advice has no smoke conditions at all on the third floor.
04:54
No smoke on the third floor.
05:09
Truck 25, primary, a secondary,
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Safe,
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five,
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complete.
05:21
Commandant, truck 25, repeat.
05:29
Interior Command,
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you have somebody to bring the stand.
05:33
The second floor, please.
05:41
Sox 7, I'm in route on the working park.
05:46
Copy Sox 7 in route 2040.
05:49
Yeah,
05:54
anybody on the third floor will be fine.
06:00
Bruce, man, primary stairwells open at the top, smoke conditions coming out.
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W 40th St, Baltimore, MD 21211
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