Small fire near hotel on West Ashland Avenue in Muncie, Muncie IN
Firefighters responded to a small fire behind a hotel near a construction site on West Ashland Avenue in Muncie. They used bolt cutters to access a gated area to investigate and contain the fire. Police blocked nearby entrances for safety due to popping sounds possibly from burning materials.
Audio|Source: Muncie and Delaware County Public Safety
02:25
Transcript:
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Engine 5. Truck 7.
00:03
Investigate outside, West Ashland Avenue, Muncie.
00:07
Cross street, North Picilly Avenue.
00:09
Respond on Muncie Fireground 1.
00:21
Construction just got a call from downtown saying something's on fire in the construction.
00:27
MFD is en route.
00:31
Tenforce.
00:34
I'm not far from that.
00:35
I put me on it.
00:40
Brigitte 24, I'll be 23.
00:43
Ten, four. I, from the camera view, I can't see anything on the one side.
00:51
I don't even see any smoke.
00:57
I got the fire phone be in the back, the gate so I'm going to pull in.
01:04
No,
01:06
from 51, 50, 10, 42.
01:10
51,
01:11
50.
01:15
G5 is on scene.
01:17
We do have a little bit of fires behind the hotel.
01:20
We'll be outside.
01:22
For the construction.
01:27
For the construction company.
01:39
I'll make phone calls, see what I'd like find.
01:41
Can we have any idea what it is?
01:46
Not yet, I'll get you more information on that, enough you just got on scene, but we use the bolt cutters to cut the lock, the lock, a lot to get through this gate.
01:57
Sir, I'll let them know how would get your whole crime.
02:05
14 am I here.
02:14
Can you go around to the entrance to R7 and get that blocked off, please?
02:18
Just so we don't have anybody coming over there, because I don't know exactly what this is, and it's popping.
02:25
Clear.
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Location mentioned:
W Ashland Ave, Muncie, IN
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