Residential fire at Virginia Avenue home, Colonial Heights VA
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Fire & ArsonA fire started in the kitchen of a home near Virginia Avenue and the cross streets of Jackson Avenue and Arlington Avenue. A laundry basket caught fire as well. The home was evacuated and there was smoke inside. The fire is possibly out now.
Audio|Heard on: Colonial Heights City Fire and EMS
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03:49
Transcript:
00:00
Click 942, Rescue 942, Battalion 913, Chesterfield Engine 212, and Chesterfield Engine 221.
00:09
Residential structure fire, near Virginia Avenue.
00:14
Clint 942, Rescue 942,
00:18
Battalion 913,
00:19
Chesterfield Engine 212 and Chesterfield Engine 221 and Chesterfield Engine 221.
00:26
Engine 941, go ahead and continue to that.
00:31
Honestead, thank you.
00:36
Engine 941REL.
00:38
The engine 941REL.
00:40
Tender 9401 has 2050.
00:45
Go ahead 42, a rile.
00:51
We're not going to say no action.
00:54
All right,
01:04
since then I'm going to say.
01:09
All right, since then I'm 441, the route to Virginia Avenue.
01:19
John.
01:33
Engine 941.
01:35
Residential structure fire.
01:37
near Virginia Avenue.
01:39
Engine 941.
01:41
Residential structure fire.
01:43
near Virginia Avenue.
01:45
Cross streets are Jackson Avenue and Arlington Avenue.
01:49
Priority 1.
01:50
Hi. Time on 2051.
01:57
We're going to go on for all and you're going to move into the address and pull paths if you're coming behind them.
02:05
Okay.
02:06
Be advised, whoa,
02:08
be delayed we just got off the interstate.
02:11
Rescue 942 or Central Bureau will probably give you a second answer.
02:18
Okay.
02:27
Hi, Saganus responding to Virginia Avenue.
02:31
Fire started in the kitchen, dropped the pan on the floor, also caught the laundry basket on fire, home has been evacuated.
02:40
It could have been an electric stove, but she does have gas heat.
02:43
Fire possibly out now, but home still really smoky.
02:54
It's going to be near Virginia Avenue, cross over Jackson Avenue and Arlington Avenue.
03:05
Access can't do it.
03:09
All right,
03:14
close for patient, I'm here.
03:18
Lodgeford, patient contact 2854.
03:28
Green Heights, RISC, 942, okay.
03:33
We've got single story, wood frame, dwelling, nothing showing from two sides.
03:37
RISK 942 will have for Cheney Command.
03:42
Ruxkine 942, on-standing command, single story, wood frame, while nothing showing from two sides, 257.
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Location mentioned:
Virginia Ave, Colonial Heights, VA 23834
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