Pallet fire near homeless camp by railroad tracks, Jamestown NC
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Fire & ArsonA fire department responded to a call reporting a building fire near South Scientific Street. On arrival, no fire was visible at the building. The fire was later found to be pallets burning near a homeless camp beside the railroad tracks.
Audio|Heard on: High Point Fire Department Dispatch
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02:26
Transcript:
00:00
Battalion 1.
00:01
Battalion 2.
00:02
Engine 7. Engine 9.
00:04
Engine 13. Engine 13.
00:06
Truck 7. Truck 2.
00:08
Rescue 1. Air 1.
00:10
Respond to near South Scientific Street.
00:13
Building fire.
00:14
Cross street of North Scientific Street and Proletplace.
00:17
Taxi 3. Attention.
00:19
Battalion 1.
00:20
Battalion 2.
00:21
Engine 7. Engine 9.
00:23
Engine 13. Engine 1.
00:25
Truck 7. Truck 7.
00:26
Truck 7. Rescue 1. Air 1.
00:29
Respond to near South Scientific Street.
00:32
Building fire.
00:33
Cross street of North Scientific Street and Proet Place.
00:36
Taxi 3.
00:37
All units are out of this.
00:40
We're starting police as well.
00:43
Our caller is advising there is a subject going around knocking on doors saying the building is on fire.
00:49
They have not seen anything.
00:51
We will run it as a worst case and have police en route in case it is a false call.
01:01
Agent Knight, are you en route?
01:07
24, I copy you.
01:13
Engine 9.
01:17
Go ahead.
01:19
2.4, you hit your arrival on scene button?
01:21
If you let me know when you're there, I'll change the time in the notes.
01:25
It was acting up.
01:26
We're still around.
01:32
Well,
01:33
I have to leave it ever, Rob.
01:35
I can't change that until I add notes for time of your Rob.
01:42
Engine 7 is on scene.
01:45
Got a fire in the woods,
01:47
right next to the tracks.
01:50
We'll be pulling a line, let's get...
01:53
Next day he gets us, we're getting a line to the tracks.
02:00
Truck 7 is on scene with Engine 7.
02:04
It's like a bunch of pallets on fire at a homeless camp.
02:14
Well, it pulled me apart for lay 7s right down the side of the tracks.
02:19
I don't see any other way I'm looking.
02:23
I've got to access right here at the tracks and come in.
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Location mentioned:
S Scientific St, Jamestown, NC 27282
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