Homeless person extinguishes small fire near rail yard, Jersey City NJ
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Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a report of smoke near the Conrail yard behind Daylight Transport in Jersey City. They found a homeless person cooking with a small fire, which was extinguished. There was no active fire or hazard remaining at the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Jersey City Fire
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02:59
Transcript:
00:00
18, I'm with the security guard now.
00:02
Doesn't really look like much, but check it out.
00:04
Give it a check.
00:07
We drove the whole yard, it's clear, but there is a strong odor, but it's not the first.
00:23
Command 1011.
00:24
I was going to be here.
00:30
Received.
00:31
We got some on the security guard camera.
00:33
It does look like a little brush smoking, but no visible flame.
00:38
We're going to check it out a little further.
00:54
Dispatch from Battalion 3.
00:57
If you can have Conrail police response,
01:02
there's no way of us getting into the yard.
01:04
Carroll Avenue, it's blocked off by a tractor's railer, and there's a 12-foot gate that we can't get over.
01:12
Might be a homeless person, burning wood.
01:16
Receive, I'll be notifying Conrail PD.
01:27
Okay dispatch, we have a visual on a homeless person.
01:32
You can break this down a one-on-one in the battalion three.
01:35
We're at behind Daylight Transport on Tonnelle Avenue.
01:44
We receive holding engine 11, ladder 3, battalion 3, box 413.
01:52
Notifying Conrail, you're behind Daylight Transport.
01:58
Just much to make that engine 18, you can return 11 engine.
02:02
18. Receive, I'll hold engine 18.
02:09
The battalion 3 from ladder 3.
02:11
Do you want us to turn around and make her lead down to you?
02:18
Second and light of 3rd 3rd.
02:23
Receive dispatch line of 3 is ready going back to 1.
02:28
She's ladder 3 ready.
02:35
Here, Spots, we just made contact with the homeless person.
02:38
He was eating some food.
02:42
It's up to you if you want to continue PD and if this is private property or Conrail property,
02:47
all Jersey City units are going to go ready.
02:49
There's no smoke, no fire at this time.
02:51
He's extinguished it.
02:52
He's just eating some food.
02:56
Receive, Terminator box 413, responding companies are back in service.
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Location mentioned:
Tonnelle Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07307
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