Structure fire with heavy smoke at 11 Butler Street, Sanford ME
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Fire & ArsonA working structure fire occurred at 11 Butler Street Apartment A, Sanford, with heavy smoke visible. Fire response was escalated to a second alarm, with mutual aid requested from multiple fire departments and ambulance services. The building is multi-story and involved fire on the second floor with occupants present.
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06:33
Transcript:
00:00
Dispatch in the air for Springvale, requesting a parking unit at building, Delta level, 11 Butler Street apartment A.
00:08
Dispatch in the air for Springvale, reports smoke at Delta level,
00:14
11 Butler Street apartment A.
00:16
I'm here at Jones, 1322.
00:23
Dispatch for Measure 1.
00:26
Engine 1, go ahead.
00:30
Engine 1A1, finding 11 Butler Street smoking in the street.
00:34
Dr.
00:35
In fact, engine 1A1A1 en route to Butler Street.
00:38
Smoke showing underneath at the house, and the caller was trying to know why in the Houston apartment.
00:52
Dispatch, Car 3.
00:55
Car 3,
00:58
Car 2 responding by the street.
01:03
Copy car 3, car 2 en route.
01:07
Dispatch for engine 3.
01:09
Engine 3, go ahead.
01:17
Dispatch from engine one with an arrival report.
01:22
Engine one, go ahead.
01:26
We have a three-story multi-family building.
01:29
It's going to be four stories in the rear.
01:31
We have a working fire, transit of first alarm.
01:34
We have heavy smoke showing from the Alcroft quarter.
01:38
Ten of Wild Fleet Command.
01:43
Copy engine one, on scene reporting three-story multifamily, four stories at rear.
01:47
Working fire requesting first alarm with heavy smoke showing in the A.B.
01:50
Corner was sent well, says command.
02:11
Stand by for mutual aid structure fire.
02:16
The water is second all forward.
02:20
Recall zone for working structure.
02:39
B. Two.
02:42
Bhophe.
02:45
Bhophe.
02:49
Bhophe.
03:04
A... no line.
03:07
Here, active fire rescue, North Fork Rescue, Lebanon Fire Department, submitting first alarm structure fire, city of Sanford, 11 Butler Street, Apartment A, requesting Acton Engine to the scene.
03:19
North Fork Ambulance to the scene, Lebanon Engine for station coverage.
03:25
What you got going?
03:27
Repeating.
03:28
Acton Fire Rescue.
03:30
Lebanon Fire.
03:31
North Fork Rescue transmitting.
03:33
Structure fire, City of Sanford.
03:36
Forcing Acton Engine, Northwestburg Ambulance, Lebanon Engine to Springvale station coverage.
03:43
Acton Engine in the Northwark gave it up to the scene, 11 Butler Street, Apartment A, working structure fire.
03:48
Timotown, 1326.
03:50
Hydrant is back at Maryland Puller.
03:56
This is a jack call one responding.
04:00
Operations Channel 2.
04:06
Beryl. Dispatch action, engine 2.
04:11
Engine 2.
04:12
Engine 2 on responding.
04:17
Engine 2, year on risk landing 11 Butler Street Apartment A, fully involved, second floor with occupants.
04:25
Operative, we'll be switching forward to standard channel.
04:30
A-paw!
04:38
Sanford dispatch, one more table.
04:41
Go ahead.
04:43
Wheels to transporting.
04:46
Copy your transporting.
04:48
(number withheld).
04:49
Northburg, rescue, action fire, S.U.
04:51
(number withheld) fire, stand by for mutual request.
04:55
For Northburg, I have (number withheld) fire, mutual aid request.
04:58
11 5.1.
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B. B. B.
05:15
B.
05:16
B.
05:34
A...
05:37
B. B.
05:41
B. B.
05:43
B! B!
05:44
B!
05:48
On the air, Lebanon fire, action fire, northward rescue,
05:53
transmitting a mutual request, second alarm[1] structure fire, city of Sanford, 11 Butler Street, Apartment A, Lebanon engines and coverage to the scene,
06:02
report rescue to the scene.
06:04
Action, requesting both engines to the scene.
06:10
On the second alarm[1], building fire.
06:13
Active fire rescue, (number withheld) fire, Northbrook rescue, transmitting mutual request, second alarm[1], structure fire, city of Sanford, Springvale.
06:20
Of course, the north parking into the scene,
06:24
Acton's engines to the scene,
06:27
and 11 an engine to the scene.
06:29
Working fire, 11 Butler Street Apartment.
06:32
Time at one, 1329.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
second alarm: Escalated fire response level requesting additional units and resources for a significant incident.
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Location mentioned:
Butler St a, Springvale, ME 04083
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