Machine fire at industrial site near Southern and Garfield, South Gate CA
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Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a machine fire at an industrial site near Southern Ave and Garfield Ave in South Gate. They isolated electrical power, applied water, and extinguished the fire. Multiple engines were involved and some units were released after knockdown.
Audio|Heard on: Los Angeles County Fire - Command 40
Listen to dispatch call
05:13
Transcript:
00:00
We're being guided in around the backside to one of the machines that has caught fire.
00:07
We had nothing showing.
00:08
We'll advise.
00:13
Quay-Wall 4-7 on the scene.
00:20
All units just hold out front here, we're going to go check it out.
00:28
LA, battalion 3, let's cancel Downey.
00:33
The 10 and 3, copy.
00:40
57, Squad 54, holding on a hydrant.
00:45
Copy, if it's – engine 39, if you want to go ahead to Southern and take a right, pull around the backside and see where our access is.
00:59
39, copy. We're heading around the back on Southern.
01:15
LA 57, this is a tile machine on fire.
01:20
I'm going to hold the assignment for now.
01:23
We get two engines around southern to access around the back side, we're closest.
01:36
One point, copy, moving around.
01:44
39s, go ahead and open that gate and pull up here.
01:45
We can pull a line off your rig and probably get it.
01:49
We'll probably get it.
01:50
We're going to open this up and give you a line.
02:04
Quinn, go ahead and hold out there.
02:09
Engine 148, come on around.
02:10
We're 39 centred.
02:12
Let's get you to find where we can shut off power.
02:15
We can get a line on this and put it out.
02:20
All 48 copy, find electrical and support 39.
02:23
Are we going to need a hydrant? We have one right across the street here.
02:31
Copy.
02:36
0503, show me out to you.
02:37
I'm going to you.
02:42
Copy,
02:43
It looks like if we get a line on it from the backside here, we should be able to put it out.
02:47
I just want to isolate the electrical.
02:49
It sounds like we don't have any reps for this particular business available here.
02:54
This is called in by the shop from next door, so I'll hold the assignment for just one minute.
03:05
LA, battalion 3, show me on the scene.
03:08
57, Battalion 3, what's your location?
03:14
Battalion 3 copy.
03:21
857 from Battalion 3 on command, yep.
03:29
Last unit repeat traffic.
03:32
Hey, 57, it's Battalion 3, I'm on scene.
03:35
What's your location?
03:40
The giant three just pull around on to southern to the west of Garfield and come around the backside.
03:46
You'll see where the,
03:48
you know, the engines are pulled in.
03:49
This is isolated to a machine.
03:52
We're getting water on it right now.
03:54
We should be able to release part of the assignment shortly.
03:59
Copy. I'll go ahead and just take command.
04:02
I'm going to release the quince.
04:06
Copy, I did not name this incident yet.
04:11
Copy, I'll have a battalion three.
04:15
Tadine three, go.
04:17
LA Battalion 3, we'll go ahead and we'll call this the Garfield incident.
04:21
Battalion 3 will be Garfield IC.
04:23
We do have one shingle production machine that is currently burning.
04:30
We're getting the access to the power to shut it down.
04:32
We'll go ahead and just keep engine 39,
04:36
engine 148,
04:38
engine 57,
04:41
squad 54,
04:43
all other units can cancel.
04:49
10.3LA copies now Garfield, IC, one production mission on fire, keeping engine 39, engine 48, engine 57, squad 54.
05:02
157, 39, we got knocked down.
05:08
Hey, 39, from Garfield, I see I copy, knockdown.
05:11
Break, LAJ copy, knockdown.
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Location mentioned:
Southern Ave & Garfield Ave, South Gate, CA 90280
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