Shed fire threatens houses on pleasant avenue, Kalamazoo MI
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Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a shed fire near Pleasant Avenue. The shed was fully involved, causing smoke and flames, and was close to nearby houses. Firefighters worked to extinguish the fire and protect surrounding homes.
Audio|Heard on: Kalamazoo County Fire and MSP District 5
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04:16
Transcript:
00:00
You're due on a residential structure fire.
00:02
Near Pleasant, near Pleasant.
00:04
Pleasant, you got a shot on fire.
00:06
Was a chicken coop, eating lamp caught it on fire?
00:09
All things in flames.
00:11
Crossdress are Pembroke and Duke times 903.
00:27
Engine 5. Ispatch?
00:30
Go ahead.
00:34
You chose routes at that search fire, you can vote for engine 5.
00:38
Just right gene do five, you can cancel.
00:42
Hey, bye.
00:46
904.
00:51
You can still let me think you back to in Ross Plurton for fire standby.
00:55
We're coming from Oakland.
00:58
And no thank you.
01:11
All right I'm fire now.
01:12
6070 almost 26 I can definitely see a good amount of smoke coming.
01:18
60s, almost 26 with smoke showing.
01:25
26, we definitely have a fully involved shed that it's probably 40 feet away from the houses.
01:34
Can you help me out with the hydrant? The closest one I saw was unpleasant.
01:39
Looks like a hydrant in front of 725 of Liberty.
01:43
We're right.
01:47
Can I have all personnel park in the ARC parking, leave room for the rigs?
01:55
I'm going to do a 360 here and make contact with the resident.
01:59
That's your spawning park at the ARC.
02:04
The next arriving unit, can I have you go to Liberty and check that access for me? He's advising there's a gate off the Liberty Street.
02:15
20-126, I can handle over there.
02:22
It's probably going to be best, actually, if we just come off the front of his house here, I'm Pleasant.
02:27
Yeah, I'm looking right now, it's a big backyard to drag hose.
02:35
The first two dressed to go ahead and grab a two and a half.
02:40
We have looks like maybe a six by or an eight by ten shed, maybe a little less.
02:46
It's leaning up against some trees.
02:47
They're now catching on fire.
02:49
And it also has the porch deck on fire.
02:58
Fifty seven, he's behind the blue house here.
03:00
I'm parking right in front of seven forty two.
03:04
Yes, the Blue House, sir.
03:06
You go ahead and I'm head to the front here and help you drag some of that hose off.
03:10
Okay,
03:14
so two and a half.
03:17
Yeah, I'll grab the two and a half.
03:18
Two and a half.
03:23
City is 26.
03:26
Two is 26.
03:28
10 to 60.
03:31
Go ahead, the line is stretched if you guys, I'll start it.
03:35
All right, sending them back there with another section of hose, you're going to need another one than that?
03:41
Not right now, we actually got a good amount right now.
03:45
I'm probably about 20, 30 feet away from the shed.
03:49
Are you ready for water?
03:53
Ready for water.
03:59
On the way.
04:04
C-70 City, I have Vandermere and Rairden on the hose.
04:10
Water's coming through.
04:11
Water's on the fire.
04:14
VanderMier and Reardon on the hose, water on the fire.
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Location mentioned:
Pleasant Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008
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