Garage fire at residence near Tower Street, St Paul MN
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, there was a fire at a residence near Tower Street with an attached garage under the house. Smoke was visible from the garage and house. The fire was upgraded to a dwelling fire, with firefighters working offensively. Two propane tanks were reported inside the garage. The house was evacuated during the fire.
Audio|Heard on: Saint Paul Fire
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07:38
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 24, ladder 24, engine 313, engine 4, squad 1, chief 2, and car 20, near Tower Street, garage fire, cross streets, Wilson Avenue, and Conway Street, Box 712A, on fire off 6, time 1622, engine 24, ladder 2423,
00:24
engine 2423,
00:28
Tower Street, garage fire, cross streets, Wilson Avenue, and Conway Street, Box 712A, on fire-up 6, time 1622.
00:47
Ambulance 4, 540 Broadway Street, Balsam on Broadway, assault, standby for police, cross streets, Baltimore Street, and Spruce Street, on fire-ups 4, time 1622.
01:00
Ambulance 4, 540 Broadway Street, Balsam on Broadway, assault, standby for police, cross streets, Balsam Street, and Spruce Street, on fire-ups 4, time 1622.
01:18
610 copy
01:23
631 operator go ahead and reposition your apparatus
01:31
dispatch chief two is in how it looks like Maplewood chief is already on scene confirming this is detached garage
01:41
The call is detached, but the pictures look like it may be attached at all.
01:50
Copy, let's upgrade this to a dwelling fire assignment so we get confirmation.
01:54
Copy, upgrading it to a dwelling.
01:57
Two 306.
02:01
Go ahead, Patagon, Shoot, 06.
02:04
Driving on scene on Tower Street,
02:07
we do have a small, one-story residential that is an attached garage tucked under, if you want to operate it to the residential fire.
02:15
We have smoke shown on the Bravo side.
02:19
Looks like there's some coming from the house as well.
02:23
We'll be an offensive strategy.
02:25
The Township 306 will have tower drive from in.
02:33
A one-story residential attached garage tuck under smoke on the Bravo side, some smoke coming from the house as well.
02:44
You're in command at 1623.
02:47
The command of 313 are out of seeing.
02:52
313. He's far right there.
02:54
Deploy that inch of the quarter.
02:57
See if you can check in with the residents, see what the best access to that garage is.
03:01
Do a primary search.
03:04
Got the interest recorder, primary search.
03:07
Dispatch, Chief Three.
03:10
Chief Three.
03:13
Can you return me to service and then add me to the call on Tower?
03:21
Copy.
03:26
That's Chief One on admin.
03:28
You can show me.
03:32
Chief 3, near Tower Street, dwelling fire, cross streets, Wilson Avenue, and Conway Street, Box 712A, on Fire Up 6, Time 1626, Chief 3, near Tower Street, dwelling fire, cross streets, Wilson Avenue, and Conway Street, Box 712A, on Fire Up 6, Time 1626.
03:59
Dispatch Power Street command.
04:04
Your Honor.
04:07
360's complete.
04:08
It's going to do have smoke.
04:09
On the lower level, near the garage, the hotel basement, no additional hazards.
04:14
Engine 313 is going to be going interior.
04:17
We've been remaining in the offensive strategy.
04:23
The three-sixth is complete, broken the lower levels.
04:27
Be advised that there are two propane tanks inside also.
04:31
Can you repeat that last?
04:37
The caller is reporting two propane tanks inside.
04:42
Two propane tanks.
04:45
1620.
04:47
1924 is ready.
04:50
24 as you can spot there.
04:52
New employee a secondary line.
04:54
Work on getting into the basement.
04:56
Do a primary search fire control.
04:58
Thank you, 24.
04:59
Cappy.
05:04
Cardiac arrest, box 666, on fire-ups 4, time 1628, medic 14, squad 2, and car 51, Snelling Avenue, North and Sherford Avenue, cardiac arrest, box 666, on fire-ups 4, time 1628.
05:26
Command at age of 24.
05:29
Go 24s.
05:34
Homeowner is sitting everybody's out of the house.
05:37
Copy building, evacuated.
05:45
567 Eustace Street, fall injury, cross streets, Donne Avenue, and St.
05:50
Anthony Avenue, box 693, on fire ups score, time 1628, medic 20, (name withheld), fall injury, cross streets.
06:01
Determinand from Henson 313.
06:04
Go.
06:08
We're hooking the fire in the garage.
06:11
We're gonna knock on the fire at the side.
06:15
Copy, knock on the fire in the garage.
06:21
Command squad one's unseen.
06:24
Squad one spot out of the way to a primary search first floor.
06:29
Squad one copies primary search first floor.
06:33
Command, engine 4 on team.
06:36
Engine 24, target.
06:40
Engine 4, spot out of the way, bringing crew up on deck alpha.
06:42
The engine 4 copies on deck.
06:55
Ladder 6, 540 Broadway Street, Balsam on Broadway, assault, standby for police, cross streets, Balsam Street, and Spruce Street, on fire-ups 4, time 1630.
07:08
Ladder 6, 540 Broadway Street, Balsam on Broadway, assault, standby for police, cross streets, Balsam Street, and Spruce Street, on fire-ups 4, time 1630.
07:25
Tower Street Command, Chief Two.
07:29
Oh, Chief Two.
07:31
I'm arriving on scene.
07:33
I'll come to a face-to-face.
07:34
Is that your black vehicle?
07:37
That's affirmative.
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Location mentioned:
Tower St, St Paul, MN 55119
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