Firefighters battle fire in large abandoned building, Manassas VA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters respond to a large abandoned building fire affecting multiple floors. The building has damaged stairs and access challenges. Efforts include search and rescue, and additional lighting and manpower are needed. The fire has mostly been controlled with ongoing operations for safety.
Audio|Source: Prince William County Police and Fire
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Transcript:
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Yeah, minimal fire on the first floor, stand well,
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on the wall. The questions are good, the ability is go,
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and the power on it out.
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Okay.
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Man from Tower 509.
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If you can get any engine in a school parking line,
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beside Charlie, you'll have access.
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Okay.
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Engine 7, what's your location?
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At the intersection of Garden and Wesley.
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Alright. Take your engine and go to the police.
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parking lot.
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You should be able to get access over there.
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You might have to use some lines off of there.
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Hey Chief, whoever can do it, get the roof up, okay.
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Okay.
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Tower 9. Go ahead to the roof.
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Awesome, Chief.
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Second floor, I have myself, the tower engine 21.
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All right, you're going to be Division 2.
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Engine 1 will be Division 2, Supervisor, and you have Engine 21, yourself, and Tower 1.
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6, front command.
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526. Okay,
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give me a search on the whole building.
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It will be my rescue group.
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Or search group.
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5-06, okay, search.
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Command from Inj.5-07b, you're requesting us to relocate?
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On. Okay, at 2056.
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Ranger 7.
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Ranger 7.
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Your request is to relocate?
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If you have your apparatus, yeah, really quick, if you can,
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just police parking lot, I guess let's go closer access to the fire.
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I'm gonna go.
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Division two good.
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We've got a knock on the fire, we're waiting for some hooks.
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We've got taller scenes up here.
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The parking lot that's going to go back to access is going to be to the Delta side of the old school.
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That's going to put us in the side parking lot for a side Charlie access.
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Okay. And you need hooks?
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We're getting.
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Also, the stairs from the first floor are deteriorated a little bit.
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Use faucet. Alright.
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Also, if we can add up by a new one, probably for the person in crisis in 12th.
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1531
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She's on 2404 Gunwale Place, 2404 Gunwale Place, Croshogee of Colby Drive and 12 for a caller that's having a meltdown at a group home stating that she wants to be stabilized at a hospital.
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She's afraid that she's going to be in trouble with a group home.
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1244 pin my follow-up adding you that one of those units are clear
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15.08, I'll continue. Okay, 1508, 1531. I'll share quickly. 3-9-7 are clear. We can handle that call. Okay. 1244, 15.08, 1531, I will assure you all clear. Oh, so I go to the roof. Confirming you what the roof opened up.
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Division 2 from command. Go ahead. You still need a roof open? Yeah. Power 1 driver, getting ready to go to the roof to open up. We have a risky 5.06, primary base the negative. Okay, well, drive.
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Ambulus 514-10526 responding 2100 for a 22-year-old female decrease level of consciousness from eating an edible. And for mention 5 or not...
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Command from Division Alpha. Okay, it's 2101. On Linesone, GOA, I strove to the area. Okay, thank you. 1231, you could send me to call this PM rule. 1547, same traffic.
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for the crossing apartment's symptoms 823 Gamble Drive. It's about 30 minutes or now has been in the apartment building, singing and knocking on the walls. I just know where you got to use him. We're heading to second floor now. Second floor stairs are mostly burning for it. We're still accessible. All right. Stairs mostly burning through and going to the second floor.
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I'll get you lights in a few minutes. Okay. Primary and secondary number one and number two are done. The only place is having me touch is in the basement. Okay. Primary, second floor, first floor, second floor done. Primary in the basement's always done. The rescue did down. Now, go stand to here next to me.
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This is a large abandoned building that has had several different stages of construction and has cut up. We've had a significant amount of fire that's been knocked down, especially on the second floor from part of the staircase. It probably may be beneficial to restage apparatus in the parking lot on the side Charlie of the building. There's also a breezeway that separates a second building that is causing access issues.
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We'll definitely need lights and additional manpower back here. Command of Risky 5506. All secondary is complete, all clear on the building. Division Alpha, I'm direct on your... Rescue. Rescue, I'm direct on your... Rescue 6.
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more resources on now. Command from a 10-589. Engine 7 is made it the right way around to side Charlie. They'll have their own water around here and ready to stretch the next to the line if you need it. Division 2.
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Location mentioned:
School St, Manassas, VA 20110
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