Dumpster fire contained behind Danbury building, Danbury CT
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Fire & ArsonA dumpster fire occurred behind a building near railroad tracks on Balmforth Avenue in Danbury, Connecticut. Fire units responded and confirmed the fire was contained and away from the building, with no involvement of nearby power lines.
Audio|Heard on: Danbury Fire HQ
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Transcript:
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Engines, 23 and 22, car 30, and volunteer company 31,
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respond to refuse fire,
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at 10 Balmforth Avenue.
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Engines, 23 and 22, car 30, and volunteer company 31,
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respond to refuse fire at 10 Balmforth Avenue.
00:26
Just passed the car 30.
00:27
Did the caller state if this was in the rear?
00:36
Negative car 30, they did not.
00:38
They also decided to pull the fire alarm to evacuate the building.
00:42
It's not near,
00:44
close enough to catch the building on fire, but she said it's getting pretty high.
00:51
Okay, we might beat you there, but if you're gonna ask them if you got him on the phone, because the left axis is off the main flow up into the rear.
00:59
Let's see, we're giving our call back to disconnected.
01:07
Car 3, it's confirmed it's going to be in the rear of 10 Balmforth said near the rail tracks.
01:15
All right, Roger, all you just got to enter off maple.
01:17
All you have to drop maple. All you have stuffed maple.
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I do rush from Car 30s.
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It looks like a dumpster fire.
01:29
It is not near the building.
01:32
Don't let me under some power lines.
01:34
Doesn't look like they're involved at all.
01:36
Cart 3 will have command and we'll take Marshal.
01:39
We're going to see Qat 30 on the team command.
01:44
Dumpster fire in the rear, not close to a building.
01:52
You're gonna need to go off Balmforth for 22s.
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We're able to go over the fence here, we're gonna stretch.
02:01
Two,
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three, they're gonna stretch right from there.
02:05
They do have a fence, so you just need a shift of a hydrant right there, okay.
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Location mentioned:
Balmforth Ave, Danbury, CT 06810
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