Box truck fire at rotary on Belvedere Road, Damariscotta ME
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Fire & ArsonA box truck caught fire near the rotary at Belvedere Road in Damariscotta. The driver remained inside and appeared uninjured. Fire units requested additional engines and a wrecker. State police commercial vehicle division was notified. The exact cargo of the truck is unknown. Fire chief returned for more equipment as response continued.
Audio|Heard on: Lincoln County Fire/EMS and Police
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04:9
Transcript:
00:00
Damage got a fire one then it's depending on their fire unit.
00:07
Could you check with state police commercial vehicle? Just let them know it's a box truck.
00:11
We don't know what it's hauling yet.
00:13
It's down over to Bangman.
00:14
The driver's still in the truck.
00:15
It appears to be uninjured, but the fire department is still waiting to the expectation.
00:21
Can't four Gareth, Scott.
00:27
We've got a fire one.
00:28
We have no one else in route, no one else, copy the page.
00:30
Go ahead.
00:34
104, could you strike another tone, please, to have engine two coming in room, please, on mercy?
00:42
24.
00:47
Got a fire.
00:49
Stand by for tone.
01:05
Damariscotta Fire.
01:08
Respond to the Rotary at Belvedere Road.
01:11
Fire one on scene requesting another engine,
01:14
non-emergency response.
01:16
Repeating link in to Damariscotta Fire.
01:19
Respond to the Rotary at Belvedere Road.
01:22
Fire one on scene requesting another engine response, non-emergency.
01:26
Time of your tones, 515.
01:34
Scott a Thirling can I be on the scene?
01:41
Go ahead.
01:43
Let me turn into the route to the scene.
01:51
The far Gamers got a three.
01:53
Fire on scene requested a wrecker.
01:56
Which one do you advise? Go ahead.
01:59
10.4 Lincoln, I've been communicating Fire 1.
02:01
He's the reason why I want you to call commercial vehicle.
02:03
I'll advise on a record once I get there.
02:06
They haven't even got them out of the truck yet.
02:09
10-4[1]-9-7-3.
02:11
Camer Scott L3WO.
02:16
The camera scottor 3.
02:21
The borough ambulance, standby for tones.
02:43
Waldeboro Ambulance respond to (number withheld) Gross Neck Road, repeating (number withheld) Gross Neck Road for an 82-year-old male, whom has fallen, still on the ground,
02:55
experiencing weakness.
02:56
Repeating, Lincoln to Waldeboro Ambulance, respond to (number withheld) Grosneck, (number withheld) Grosneck, for an 82-year-old male who has fallen still on the ground experiencing weakness.
03:07
Dispatch code 17 alpha-4, George, and time of your tones, is 522.
03:16
Mulder car five copies.
03:18
Ten-four Car-five.
03:24
One, Woldebrosex.
03:30
Woldebrosex, Rick, just took a couple of calls and Paul off Grisnick.
03:38
Mr. Murskota, 3 Lincoln.
03:41
Dr. Scott three guns.
03:45
Do you have any luck with DPS?
03:46
Yes,
03:49
I did. They said they would get somebody outside, but didn't give me an ETA though.
04:00
I believe the fire chief had to go back and get more equipment and nobody showed up for the call.
04:04
The driver's still inside.
04:07
The language barrier at this point, I'm not unsure what he's calling.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment / Message received
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Location mentioned:
Belvedere Rd, Damariscotta, ME
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