Fire damages standalone garage with hazardous fluids, Benton AR
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a fire occurred at a standalone garage near Westminster Avenue in Benton, Arkansas. Flames and smoke were visible, and hazardous fluids were inside the building. An explosion was reported before firefighters arrived and extinguished the fire.
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Transcript:
00:00
FD40, Rescue 11, engine one, truck two, engine four, engine five first trucks to fire, near Westminster Avenue.
00:06
FD40, Rescue, 11, engine one, truck two, engine four, engine five, first trucks for fire, near Westminster Avenue.
00:16
Fours in route.
00:18
The engine five and route.
00:22
Station one in the route, changing one in the route.
00:25
Tee's in route.
00:32
Boarding in route.
00:36
The unit is in route, near Westminster Avenue.
00:39
It's going to be a standalone garage that's smoking.
00:43
Nobody at the residence is answering the door.
00:46
There are hazardous fluids inside the shed.
00:51
Both flames in, smoke or seen.
00:55
The phone's in route.
01:01
Near Westminster, listen.
01:03
Avenue. Your Avenue. Two cases for F240, go ahead and get Bryant and out, please.
01:13
F240, we've been turned out, Brian.
01:16
It should be in rush, Louis.
01:24
Communications show at engine three and arrive to central station and cover the city.
01:40
Is there anybody out there?
01:47
There's no one set over on it. There's no one set, wrong.
01:54
Okay, man.
01:58
This is Noah.
01:59
I'm set over on Rudolph Road.
02:04
Okay.
02:14
There are the odds will make it here.
02:21
Okay, one-in-round.
02:25
Copy Battalion in route, near Westminster Avenue.
02:30
For the garage smoking, there are hazardous fluids inside of the shed.
02:34
There are both flames and smoke seen at this time.
02:38
They also advise something just exploded inside of the shop.
02:51
Engine 5 is on scene.
02:53
We have an outbuilding heavy smoke.
03:01
We'll be suppressing, making an attack.
03:08
Engine 5, our copy on 2.
03:16
Central Frontier 3 is in route.
03:20
Coffee, engine three in a route, near Westminster Avenue.
03:25
We just had Mitten Check on scene.
03:28
They're advising smoking flames are seen at the time.
03:31
There were hazardous fluids inside of this chest.
03:38
By turn, hydrant.
03:47
Engine 4, Matthew 4, go ahead and take your tank water and engine 1, if you'll stand by by the item.
03:54
Engine 4, copy, we'll be providing tack water.
03:58
It looks like there's a hydrant right in front of engine 5 on the tactical map,
04:04
close enough to Handjack 2 if we need it.
04:09
Engine 5 to all units.
04:11
We should be able to just come in to link up with tank water.
04:14
This is an isolated outbuilding.
04:16
We're already getting water on it, so just come in with tank water first and available.
04:28
Truck 2 is on scene.
04:39
Engine 5, flying units, the fire is knocked down.
04:48
50-40 cop, engine fire, we're going to need Bryant.
04:55
Negative,
04:57
we will not need Bryant.
04:58
In fact, any units that are not on scene can go ahead and cancel.
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Location mentioned:
Westminster, Benton, AR 72019
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