Man sets fires in hospital rooms causing heavy smoke, Minneapolis MN
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Fire & ArsonA man intentionally set fires in multiple rooms at a hospital near East River Road in Minneapolis. Some of the rooms contained patients. The fires triggered an alarm and caused heavy smoke.
Audio|Heard on: Anoka County Police and Fire
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02:23
Transcript:
00:00
Do you see separately near East River Road calling from room 129 commercial fire alarm another caller on the line is saying that a mail pulled the alarm covering room 129
00:15
Sorry 520
00:19
2 Mary 33. We are getting a report that a mail has lit something on fire and is throwing it in a hallway.
00:26
Have it.
00:28
521. 2,800, you a fridly fire on the air.
00:40
2 Mary 33, caller is stating that the mail lit another room on fire with patients in that room.
00:46
Unknown what room number that is.
00:50
Got it.
00:51
I don't get a dispatch for the engine 2 and route, crew of 3.
00:55
520.
00:57
3 Mary 32 arriving.
01:00
524.
01:03
Free of the engine 2 en route with the crew of 3, if you can switch over to AppTACA, it's back 24.
01:12
3 Mary 32 can you confirm the room number is 124?
01:20
You're showing room 129?
01:24
Jali.
01:27
525.
01:29
3 Mary 322 we're going to have a little clear inside here.
01:40
Copy of Fire Inclide, 526.
01:42
2,800 for the Engine 2 update.
01:52
Engine 2.
01:59
Provency, there is a good fire inside.
02:02
They're working on finding the patient that came in as room 129.
02:08
Free Mary L7, we got some heavy smoke.
02:11
Copy.
02:13
Copy, heavy smoke.
02:14
526.
02:16
526.
02:18
3Mari 32, I need...
02:20
Out for the apartment 127, I have a mail down in here.
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Location mentioned:
E River Rd, Minneapolis, MN 55432
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