Possible electrical fire at pharmacy near Olive St, Gainesville TX

Fire & Arson

Reported: 09/23/2025 04:32 PM (PDT)

Near Olive St, Gainesville, TX 76240

Fire crews responded to a report of smoke coming from the ceiling of a pharmacy near Olive St. Upon arrival, the fire appeared to be electrical inside the building. No active fire was visible at the time of investigation.

Audio|Source: Gainesville / Cooke County Public Safety

03:19

Transcript:

00:00

Quint 3, ladder 1, battalion 1, being route to a possible structure fire at Hometown Pharmacy, near Olive St,

00:11

caller see smoke coming from the ceiling. Towns at 1832.

00:16

1 receipt.

00:19

3 received.

00:24

3rd. 3. 3.

00:27

422, I'm driving.

00:30

Racing.

00:36

Dispatch from Engine 1. You can show Engine 1 on scene and we'll be moving all radio operations to Ops 1.

00:43

Receive. You're on scene at the Structure Fire or the VMS.

00:49

We are on-saint at Lexington Square. We'll have Lexington Command on Ops 1.

00:58

Two is in around.

01:02

Are you seen?

01:07

All right.

01:09

Ready to see? Ready to see?

01:11

Everyone ready?

01:18

Go ahead.

01:20

It's going to be 93 degrees, 30% chance of showers and thunderstorm, 51% humidity.

01:28

Your wind is 10 miles south-southwest.

01:35

Chris.

01:37

One good route.

01:49

Engine two, I have your hydrants when ready.

01:56

Go ahead.

01:58

Your cross-street first hydrant location is going to be Grand and Clements. Your closest plug is O'Neill and Grand Southwest.

02:14

No,

02:15

or fire, it looks like an electrical fire going to be inside.

02:24

The battalion 1 to all units, let's go to Ops 2, Ops 2 once on the scene.

02:35

331, did you have traffic?

02:38

Well,

02:40

it looks like an electrical fire inside.

02:47

The battalion 1 be advised we have a PD unit on scene said it looks like there's electrical fire inside.

02:56

The battalion 1 received possible electrical fire.

03:05

Dispatch from engine 2.

03:07

We're on scene.

03:08

Nothing shown at this time.

03:10

We are often for investigation.

03:12

Thank you two left man.

03:17

Section 2 will be operating opposite.

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