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Fire breaks out at liquor store with Mayday calledColumbus OH

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Near Armstrong St, Columbus, OH 43215

A fire started at Arena Wine and Spirits near Armstrong St, showing heavy flames from the roof. Firefighters responded and declared a working fire. During operations, shelving collapsed on firefighters inside, leading to a Mayday call for assistance.

Audio|Source: Columbus Public Safety
03:52
Transcript:
00:00
Attention, this report of a fire is going to be on Battalion 1 fireground.
00:04
At near Armstrong St, there's a report of a fire, arena wine and spirits.
00:10
Call Street, Fine Street, and Warren Alley,
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engine 2, engine 7, engine 8, ladder 1, ladder 2,
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medic 1, rescue 3, battalion 1.
00:20
Respond on Battalion 1 fireground.
00:23
At near Armstrong St, at Arena, Wine and Spirits.
00:27
There's a report of fire, engine 2, engine 8, ladder 1, ladder 1, ladder 2, medic 1, rescue 3, battalion 1, respond on a battalion 1 fireground, timeout 0,9-56.
00:39
There's a male causing issues for the caller.
00:48
Caller is out there to tear down a very large camp for the city.
00:55
The male is agitated and angry. He has a hatchet laying on a shelf and a tent. It's within hands reach.
01:04
Columbus fire unit one is on scene.
01:07
We've got a one-story liquor store. We've got heavy fire coming from the roof.
01:13
Go ahead and make this a working fire.
01:17
Engine 2 is going to be attacking with the engine 3.
01:20
Ladder 1, get your ladder up.
01:22
Ladder 2 take to rear, get your ladder up as well.
01:26
You're on scene for a one-story liquor store with heavy fire, showing through the roof, make us a working fire, engine two is tagging with an engine three quarry of ladder one in the front, ladder two in the back.
01:38
Copy.
01:40
On the slide, retinium one.
01:41
We've got 360 complete.
01:44
Nothing remarkable other than my initial rundown.
01:49
Have your training to firefighter-wise, can you have somebody hit select on that run because we cannot recommend?
01:58
Car 110.
02:01
Copy.
02:03
Yeah.
02:05
It's quick.
02:07
15.
02:08
I'm too big teen having that knife run.
02:11
I have a caller calling in saying there's people inside to make Donald's there at high end, Stewart with 33's, but he would not give any description of anyone with a 33, possibly a 16B.
02:23
Call taker could not hear anything on the line going on in the background either.
02:27
The second one, you have your 3-50 complete, nothing remarkable.
02:33
And you have your working fire assignment.
02:36
Probably, thank you.
02:39
191.
02:41
CFD 817, treated one on scene. I'll be two Victor. I'll start for your 49A.
02:47
I copy. That's going to be at near Benz and Sullivan.
02:52
Mayday[1], Mayday, Mayday. This is Firefighter Harris.
02:55
Got a bunch of shelving fell on us in the Bravo Charlie Corner.
03:00
Mayday[1], Mayday, Mayday, Firefighter Harris on Engine 2. We've got a bunch of shelving fell on us. Can't get our way out in a Bravo Charlie Corner.
03:07
A half a bottle down.
03:11
I'm seeing a lot of the traffic going into 591 bins. We're supposed to be someone in a blue cheap Cherokee Patriot.
03:20
9181.
03:22
Per CSD, he was sleeping and moved on. It'll be to Victor.
03:26
I copy.
03:28
Committee, all companies, be advised we have a Mayday[1] on the fire ground,
03:33
engine two, beach corner,
03:36
underneath the shelves.
03:38
I have a bottle left.
03:40
Homeus fire ground and make this a working Mayday[1] and start me a second-alone fire.
03:46
Mayday[1], 5-2 and 53.
03:50
Matthew, it's raining, you need to do an emergency banner, please.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Mayday: International distress signal indicating grave and imminent danger and requesting immediate assistance

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Near Armstrong St, Columbus, OH 43215
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