Garage fire with explosions near Bannown area in Kingwood, Kingwood WV
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Fire & ArsonA detached garage near Herring Road in Kingwood caught fire, threatening a nearby house. Firefighters responded to the scene. There were reports of explosions, possibly from propane tanks and ammunition inside the garage.
Audio|Heard on: Preston County Fire and EMS
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02:43
Transcript:
00:00
Preston Comm Center, Company 5, Company 9, Company 6, Company 12, Station 15, Camp, Erespawn, report of a structure fire,
00:08
garage fire threatening the house structure, near Herring Road in the Bannown area, time of Florida, 1630.
00:17
6.81 in round.
00:19
6.81 year around, 1631.
00:29
Chief Bob.
00:32
ComCertain. Cut your mission side.
00:34
Do you have anything further?
00:38
Chief Bob, it's going to be a detached garage.
00:40
Say by something that's exploded in the garage.
00:42
Stated the other dispatcher that the house could be an exposure.
00:46
We're getting a third call on it now.
00:50
Okay. You get an opportunity to be going around.
00:53
See if you can get me a close hydrant.
00:57
Affirmative, what do you want from 12?
01:05
Chief, five, that's copied.
01:06
It looks like the house prior to the reported structure fire, there's a hydrant.
01:13
Yeah, forward, thank you.
01:20
Okay.
01:22
631, we have a firefighter on Tuna Vison fully involved garage fire.
01:26
They heard what sounded like propane, exploding at one point.
01:31
Another caller's advising sounds like what bullets are going off if you want to stage somewhere.
01:37
I'll be a minute even getting your call, sir.
01:41
Thanks anyone, that's happy.
01:48
Do you want some tears still on the northern end? Do you want South to start that way?
01:54
That'd be great if you can get home of them.
01:58
POMS on 15 South.
02:07
15, can you respond to that structure fire 681 still in the Pizge area?
02:14
Yeah, you can show us to acknowledging we enrolment immediately.
02:18
15 south of the copy is a fully involved garage structure fire.
02:25
The structure fire than south would be.
02:28
Stage 11, I'm not really sure at the moment.
02:37
On base, it's going to be a garage fire, detached garage fire.
02:41
Address is going to be near Herring Road.
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Location mentioned:
Herring Rd, Kingwood, WV 26537
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