Firefighters control lingering fire at pharmacy building, Memphis TN


Firefighters responded to a persistent fire near West Hillview Dr at Opsie Manor Lane Pharmacy. They worked to extinguish it, finding hotspots and smoke pockets. Although some smoke cleared, it continued coming from pipes and doors, requiring ongoing efforts to control the fire and smoke.
Audio|Source: Memphis Fire Department
03:5
Transcript:
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One three A is the smoke kind of clearing up down there? A little bit better. We found a couple of pockets as we were shoveling this stuff out of that shoot.
00:15
It was smaller and pretty good.
00:18
I just don't know that any of the water you were putting on it ever really made it down to the bottom.
00:28
Okay, check, I got a feeling that we just kind of heat on top of it, and there's no other than we can do it.
00:37
You can check, that's what we were thinking too.
00:53
2.29 first responder call near West Hillview Dr at Opsie Manor Lane Pharmacy.
01:00
Go for it.
01:01
As 133, I got a large, two-soil with brain,
01:05
it's pretty cool, nothing showing.
01:07
I got perfect command.
01:15
Checking in 30, press hot command.
01:17
Joseph.
01:22
242, are you on scene?
01:27
Okay,
01:29
42.
01:32
Ginger 42 is unit 10 on scene.
01:37
Track, unit 10 is on scene as well.
01:44
Just as press that command if you get it up and around.
01:52
I don't really think we're hitting much. It's still smoking and they don't really don't know how much in here, so we'll see if that'll work.
02:05
Gino is 23A.
02:07
It looks like the smoke is cleared up there, two pipes on the side of this thing. They did that smoke coming out of them pretty consistently. You don't have smoke coming out of those anymore.
02:19
There's still smoke coming out of this door, but it's not near as bad as it was.
02:27
Open that tag.
02:28
It's clearing up a little up here, but soon as we'll stop spraying, it gets back smoking. So we'll see a better work when he open this pipe up. He said that some of the fleet will come out of that pipe.
02:40
Shut.
02:45
That command,
02:47
unable to root school, key holder.
02:52
Check, press command, you just record the truck.
02:56
Check mascot command.
02:58
Chuck 7, disregard the call.
03:00
Check. Check.
03:03
Check 7 in service,
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209.
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Location mentioned:
Near W Hillview Dr, Memphis, TN 38114
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