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Tree Falls on House, Causing Smoke and Evacuations 

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Bay Berry Dr, East Brainerd, TN 37421
A tree has fallen on a house, causing smoke inside and blocking power lines. Residents nearby are being evacuated, and emergency services are working to assist. A shelter is being set up for those displaced.
Audio|Source: Hamilton County VFDs
06:48

Transcript:
Command 5 Squad 1. All-A. If you would be en route to that call, (name withheld), Tree on the house. (name withheld). 3rd Street on the house. That's correct. Squad one and around (name withheld). Sir, can you switch over to Fire Mutual Aid 1, Fire Mutual Aid 1? 42 responding crew, too. I'm clear, I'll get on started. Command Post (name withheld). Residence is now cleared, power is off, residence is locked up and secured. We have one occupant from the home, no pets. Grand Post, (name withheld), answer. Command Post, go ahead. Sir, do you have a fireground available for all units responding to (name withheld)? 7. (name withheld) Fireground 5? Clear on Fireground 5 for (name withheld). The squad, once clear. 80, I'm clear on 5. The man poet, this is pussy's clipper. In Ringgold Road. It could be a hostile residential fire. Tree cells take power lines down. Can smell smoke inside the house. Let's evacuating their homes, and if so, what is the location of that so we can advise? Command Post, (name withheld), 3. It's going to be the Briner-Rex Center. Red Cross is setting up a shelter at that location. Floyd, Briner, Rec Center, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Go ahead. Command terminated, F3. Go to Swope and check it out. Flutter 1 responding fire run 5. 3rd5. 31003 is going to be rerouting. 3,100 block at the (name withheld), there's going to be a tree right across the road. Clear, 3,100 blocks of (name withheld). N-6 are advised that there's a tree blocking (name withheld). 10-4[1], I'll be back and down, reroute it. They're clear, we're reroute Delta, Nel, South Seminole. Standpost, (name withheld), (name withheld), and over your traffic. Okay, we got you put it up with our other team when we went... Put down the other slope, (name withheld), we got people trapped in the house here. I reckon we're going to take care of it while we're here. Can you readvis your location, please? (name withheld) and (name withheld). We want to stay just at the at home and wait on EPV or clear here and return the station?

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10-4: Acknowledgement/Message received

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Bay Berry Dr, East Brainerd, TN 37421
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