Vehicle fire contained to engine on swift avenue, Durham NC
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a vehicle fire occurred near the exit ramp from Highway 147 to Swift Avenue in Durham. The vehicle was empty and the fire was contained to the engine compartment. Firefighters requested police, a tow truck, and a salt and sand truck due to icy road conditions nearby.
Audio|Heard on: Durham City Fire
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02:47
Transcript:
00:00
Okay,
00:01
vehicle is empty,
00:03
there's nobody around,
00:06
so we're probably going to need PD for this.
00:10
You need a tow truck?
00:13
And also we're probably going to need a salt sand truck out here because we're right at the
00:20
exit ramp from 147 to Swift Avenue and it is icing over as we're putting water on the car.
00:29
Civil.
00:38
Communications from 22.
00:43
Go ahead.
00:45
Yes,
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I'm also going to need FD10.
00:52
Yeah.
00:56
Affirmative.
01:06
Communications to FD10.
01:15
If you can go in.
01:20
Engine 2 is on scene at the vehicle fire that was no one over the option of one.
01:35
FD10 on Office 1.
01:45
Engine 2 from FD10.
01:47
You're doing it.
01:54
Got it, bud.
02:04
Uh, same line for one second, uh, just trying to own it.
02:16
Last well, permission for all the same, single story church, another visible broke three sides.
02:22
Side alpha is going to meet Ed Cook.
02:24
We have a hydrant, uh, pear tree and Ed Cook.
02:30
Copy that, there in the middle.
02:33
It's going to be a mechanical issue.
02:39
Fire was contained to the engine compartment,
02:43
and I did just find the owner of it, so he told me what was going on.
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Location mentioned:
Swift Ave, Durham, NC
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