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Fire with smoke reported at battle street buildingScranton PA

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Battle St, Scranton, PA 18508

According to the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a building near Battle Street and Diamond Avenue where smoke was visible. They reported smoke in the basement area and attempted to secure power to the building during firefighting operations.

Audio|Heard on: Susquehanna, Wayne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming Counties Fire / EMS
Listen to dispatch call
04:16
Transcript:
00:00
All across streets of Diamond Avenue and Battle Street.
00:03
Time now is 1256.
00:04
Operations will be on blue for this one.
00:08
Aides on the way.
00:14
Engines 8 now, 1256.
00:19
Comptan are from Car 21.
00:21
Car 21.
00:24
I'll be responding.
00:27
Car 21 in road 1257.
00:32
Truck 4 in on the way.
00:35
Truck 4 in route, 1257.
00:39
Express, you on the way.
00:41
Press, you're on the way.
00:44
Newport on the way. Nineteen four in the way.
00:47
Nineteen four in route, 1257.
00:50
Eight.
01:00
Transport.
01:04
Copy.
01:09
Truck 4 is on something.
01:11
The road home.
01:13
The outside is not getting.
01:16
Copy truck 4 unseen.
01:19
Nothing showing.
01:20
458.
01:27
Car 21 for riding.
01:29
This is command.
01:32
Car 21 on scene, 1259 at (name withheld) man.
01:37
Engine 4 on scene.
01:39
Engine 4 on scene, 1259.
01:42
Command from truck 4.
01:48
Commandant, anybody?
01:52
First of the ballot, still smoking.
01:56
I'm not sure we're in the panel boxes and we're down the basin.
02:02
Okay.
02:07
Ten, four and gossip.
02:10
Rescue 1 on C.
02:14
C1 on James 1300.
02:18
Rescue from command.
02:22
Rescue. Rescue.
02:23
Cap,
02:26
can you make your way to the basement if we can secure power?
02:32
Rescue, copy.
02:34
Go on the basement.
02:41
Command from truck four.
02:50
Command standing by standing by.
02:55
Still smoke.
02:56
It looks like a little bit of extension.
02:57
We're going to hit it with the dry cam.
02:59
Power seems to still be on.
03:04
Copy, out of rescue going to the basement to secure power for you.
03:12
Command from rescue.
03:16
Commando.
03:19
Okay, we left the rescue out on the roadway so there's access for that second due engine.
03:27
Copy, thank you.
03:34
Coma, on scene at the hydrant, fueler.
03:39
Engine 8, I'm seen at the hydrant, 13-0-2.
03:43
The engine 8.
03:49
7-8.
03:54
Time, point.
03:58
Command for rescue.
04:00
Command for rescue.
04:04
Come in, standing by.
04:08
Okay, can you give me the address of the apartment in question?
04:14
Nine, six, eight.

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Location mentioned:
Battle St, Scranton, PA 18508

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