Multi-story residential building fire with live electrical hazard, Durham NC
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a multi-story residential building fire on Bent Creek Court with visible flames on multiple floors and roof. They connected to hydrants, conducted interior searches, and coordinated with power and gas companies due to live electrical lines causing arcing. Searches found no occupants inside. The fire was brought under control with efforts focused on checking for hotspots and ensuring safety.
Audio|Source: Durham City Fire
08:26
Transcript:
00:00
All units from command, I need you to...
00:02
Next-in-pumper, go ahead and lay a line in from the top of the hill on there.
00:06
We got fire, first, second floor,
00:09
in the roof on the Delta side.
00:19
Engine 9's on medallion coming up with that fresh.
00:30
Engine 9 from commanding, if you get here before it through does, we need to catch that hydrant and bring it down.
00:44
I got into 711 with a line going interior and we got an exposure line on the Delta side.
00:59
Ladder 3, go ahead and take time ready to search.
01:20
Nine, you got the hydrant.
01:27
Bobby, nine, you got the hydrant.
01:32
That's line, too.
01:40
Going in floor one.
01:50
Letter to Q11 confirm status.
01:57
Engine 9.
02:00
You have 1-0.
02:04
So far.
02:07
Command engine 9.
02:10
Go ahead for command.
02:13
Hey, nine drivers handling the hydrant.
02:16
Uh,
02:17
9 and 90-0%.
02:22
Yeah,
02:26
come up and tell you just study the line.
02:37
Good.
02:39
After gas week and electrical lines on side down there.
02:47
I request in the communications for big power and a gas company and bridge.
02:58
The man from Squabwe, we're going to turn out of three for primary search.
03:03
Squad one copy, primary search with Ladder 3.
03:14
Flatter 2, confirmed status.
03:31
Rescue, I'm saying.
03:38
Rescue 1, can you, uh,
03:41
take Vint?
03:46
Ninja 1 is on thing.
03:51
Ninja 2 is on thing.
03:57
Ninja 2 is on thing.
03:59
We got a secondary hydrant at Cardinal Lake and Medallion.
04:10
Engine two from command, I copy that.
04:12
Just bringing personnel up.
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To direct.
04:19
Command from another three.
04:25
Second floor primary negative.
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The plate first floor Friday is all clear.
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You're going to floor one.
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Command for engine one.
04:40
Angel 1, 711, Jopold.
04:41
Angel 1, same by 7-11.
04:49
You have traffic.
04:52
Okay,
05:00
engine one, when you come up, go ahead and grab an attic ladder and take it at the front for 7-Eleven's crew and stand by for assignment.
05:08
Hey command, I was going to tell you, you got a pretty good wood fire in the back coming towards these houses.
05:11
We can take care of that.
05:13
All right, 10-4[1]-9 should be on the exposure line that we had off of 7-Eleven.
05:21
Engine 9's on the buffer line off of 7-Eleven attacking now.
05:25
We do have an active gas fire on the Delta side.
05:32
Command from 9-3.
05:35
Light of 3, go ahead.
05:38
First floor primary negative.
05:40
Light of 3 going back and take a floor to us soon.
05:42
We'll pull in the same way.
05:47
Primary on the floor one's all clear.
05:49
You're going back to the floor two.
05:50
We have the hose line to the second floor.
05:55
We've got the red 1.8 to the second floor.
05:59
I'm making it from command.
06:00
What do you want?
06:04
Engine's done things on the same.
06:17
Go ahead and seven on scene.
06:24
Command from Ninja 2, side alpha, we're going to drop another line,
06:27
side alpha.
06:28
Back up.
06:30
Set.
06:37
I had it last.
06:38
You can see, I almost seen.
06:46
Retain 2 from command.
06:47
I'm going to be at number 9, Bent Creek Court, regular side of the structure, if you want to come to command post.
07:00
All units from command, it looks like we got good conversion.
07:03
I think we've got a good knock on it.
07:05
Just need to check that roof, make sure we don't have any extension up there.
07:08
It looks a whole lot better.
07:19
Rescue the command.
07:20
Go ahead and get due power.
07:21
We got a live line arcing below the main panel.
07:26
And ventilation looks pretty good.
07:28
I don't think we get to go vertical with it.
07:29
We're just going to set up for some other hotspots.
07:32
All right, copy that.
07:35
Communications.
07:36
You have an ETA on Duke Power in Enbridge.
07:43
20 minutes on the line with Enbridge.
07:48
CommandCop.
07:50
I can't be terminated at this street somewhere.
08:01
Could this put it around them?
08:06
Did you copy the 20-minute ETA on them?
08:11
Yes, gentlemen.
08:16
command battalion fores on the scene i take charler report you uh can you check see if we've got anybody in the garage yet
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10-4: Acknowledgment / OK
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Location mentioned:
Bent Creek Rd, North Carolina 27503
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