Train engine fire on huey p. long bridge extinguished, Bridge City LA
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Fire & ArsonA train engine caught fire on the Huey P. Long Bridge in Bridge City, Louisiana. Multiple fire units responded and extinguished the fire. No injuries were reported during the incident.
Audio|Heard on: Jefferson Parish Eastbank Fire Departments
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06:5
Transcript:
00:00
A response to a train on fire, number two, Huey P. Long Bridge.
00:22
Listen to one in a respond to a train on fire.
00:24
Number two, Huey P. Long Bridge.
00:26
Crossed to Reson, Clear Jee, Jepton Highway.
00:33
720 is on scene.
00:35
This would be an engine on fire.
00:37
We're hoping to get the train to stop at this time.
00:39
It's getting to the middle of the bridge, on top of 2039.
00:44
All right, 1-2-0.
00:46
120. 120.
00:48
All right.
00:52
Dispatch, by the 137 and 118.
00:56
One-18 is going to stand a pipe on River Road.
01:01
Got.
01:06
Your 198 route.
01:09
Calvert 1.980, Your Honor.
01:15
137 in route.
01:16
Cattle-127-Rote.
01:17
Edge 1-17, follow.
01:23
Station 11.
01:29
You codd 1-20, we're sending you to 2D2 to the Huey-Long train on fire.
01:37
Did dispatch in our engine 118? We didn't get a dispatch.
01:41
Copy. We're just batching 7 District.
01:43
Stand by.
01:59
218 respond with Plyt 137 and J.1198 for train on fire.
02:04
Number two, Huey Pillar on Bridge.
02:06
So in 1924.
02:09
That's under 118 respond.
02:11
Number two, Huey Pell on Bridge, train on fire on the eastbound, westbound side.
02:16
The train is stopped at this time on time of 2041.
02:23
1.8, 112.0.
02:29
Oh,
02:31
I'm going to travel control.
02:35
Copy one to zero.
02:40
You're 118 row.
02:43
That's the one eight row.
02:44
One eight, row.
02:46
One eight, one two zero.
02:53
There's one one eight.
02:54
One eight.
02:59
1-18 stand by the stand-fight in the river road.
03:06
Copy C.
03:07
I have no copy.
03:09
Do 198 from filing.
03:11
I'll be calling 198.
03:13
Okay,
03:16
Herman, to be advised, we're to patch a channel with 7th district tack 1,70s on scene.
03:21
Copy. Copy.
03:24
137 on scene staging at the bottom of the Huey P. Long Bridge.
03:29
Copy that on 127.
03:31
Do we need to switch over to a different tack channel?
03:38
How on?
03:39
7.
03:41
Not on 127.
03:45
What channel is engine 198? Yeah.
03:49
Zero and 118 on?
03:51
Survised units.
03:53
Both radios are patched.
03:57
You're 198 on scene.
03:59
Copy is 1908O scene.
04:03
Okay,
04:05
7-120, you block and traffic.
04:09
720750.
04:12
720-750.
04:14
No.
04:20
Okay,
04:22
sir.
04:26
Brian, I'm on a phone with him right now with the manager.
04:31
He says he's going to walk about a hundred calls as opposed to the team to get to y'all.
04:36
And he's saying the fire was coming out of the stack.
04:39
The fire is out right now.
04:41
It was supposedly a normal operation.
04:46
File off and what now.
04:48
Pylem, if you cancel all incoming units? The fire is out on arrival.
04:53
Copy.
04:54
Follow Maltz is behind.
04:55
They have another train coming to push them across the bridge.
04:58
They said...
05:00
PRAC-198.
05:04
137 is clear the call, returning.
05:07
Copy that I want to see.
05:14
File along from 720.
05:16
7-200.
05:21
I didn't hear this.
05:22
1-98 gives you a follow-up disposition on this? That's affirmative advised, fire out on arrival, return all units.
05:33
Copy, uh,
05:35
railroad is going to have their people handling and get the train off the bridge.
05:41
Probably, they'll return.
05:42
Private, clear, turn.
05:45
One's zero, clear.
05:48
Copy, one to zero, clear.
05:50
Copy.
05:54
Engine 118, clear the call, return to dispatch.
05:56
Hi, Angel 118.
06:02
Carlearned 17-0-8, complete the last of time to return.
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Location mentioned:
Huey P. Long Bridge, Bridge City, LA 70094
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