Basement fire erupts at Laurens home, crews battle blaze amid oxygen risk, Laurens IA
Fire & ArsonEmergency crews responded to a basement fire near South 4th Street in Laurens, evacuating residents safely while managing hazards posed by oxygen tanks inside the home.
Audio|Source: Pocahontas County Area Public Safety
04:29
Transcript:
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Lorentz Fire, we have a house on fire, near South 4th Street, the basement is on fire, they are working on getting out of the house.
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1147.
00:26
What kind of ambulance do you need in the Rens for house fire?
00:29
Near South 4th Street, fire has been paged.
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One's all kind of.
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21 fire an ambulance from bench page to near South 4th Street in the Rhinest.
00:53
Basement is on fire.
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Residents are working on getting out of the house.
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Okay on 7 all head that way.
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How many people are still in the residence?
01:19
I still have them on the phone.
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It sounds like I can hear three different voices.
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No more.
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41150.
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Okay.
01:42
Okay. Okay. Stand 4. The phone.
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What do you want to go ahead?
02:00
The insurance on fire, it sounds like everybody's out of the house and there are a bunch of oxygen tanks in the house, so make the fire department wear that.
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10-4[1], I'm going to hang up the 911 call this.
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10-4[1], I'm going to work on alerting the residents next door.
02:30
When it's fire, you need for a house on fire.
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Near South 4th Street in the Rennes.
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There are oxygen bottles inside the home.
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There are oxygen bottles inside the home.
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1151. Everyone is out of the house.
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A Polka's ambulance from dispatch.
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Go ahead.
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Everyone is outside of the house.
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Everywhere, I let fire know there are oxygen bottles inside the house.
03:01
One of the residents is on oxygen.
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10 4th.
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320, unseen.
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Smoke on, it's 21.
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To the south of the residence, fire is on the scene.
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Also there is gas to the house.
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Okay.
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Everyone,
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contact in the city, they'll take care of the electric, I'm calling Alliance for gas.
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Seven.
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10-4: Acknowledgment (Message received / OK)
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S 4th St, Laurens, IA 50554
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