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Firefighters respond to structure fire at 15th and Colfax 

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W 15th Ave & Colfax St, Gary, IN 46406
Firefighters are responding to a building fire at the intersection of 15th Avenue and Colfax Street. They need extra help for traffic control because someone is trying to pass through the area.
Audio|Source: Hobart Area Public Safety
01:55

Transcript:
00:00
Proto five one secs Gary fire is requesting our north units for assistance in reference to a they need traffic control[2] reference to the structure fire[1] and they have somebody trying to get through the area at 15th and total effects.
00:15
We just need them out to get more units on.
00:21
Rick down the mood is yellow hold on second.
00:25
Covered in.
00:31
Not to respond to that and just go to their roll call?
00:39
So they have four units there at this time, however they need more.
00:44
They are going to be doing roll call, I believe, at this time.
00:48
That is correct.
00:51
Units are supposed to have left already.
01:01
Six person, 800 Virginia plate.
01:06
Time out, 1,700 hours.
01:09
Six person.
01:15
86, far from Central.
01:22
86 over from Central.
01:32
Gary here, guys, if we don't have any units to come out right now, so it'll be a minute.
01:36
We're going to try to get the county units to come out, and all of us to see if we can get anybody to come out, but as of right now, they don't have anybody.
01:47
Copy that, thank you.

Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
structure fire: Active fire in a building or structure
[2]
traffic control: Need for managing or restricting vehicle movement

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W 15th Ave & Colfax St, Gary, IN 46406
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