Firefighters respond to multi story building fire near Smith Street, New Bedford MA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a structure fire at a multi story building near Smith Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts. They worked to control fire in the attic and basement areas, checked multiple apartments and opened walls to access fire spots. Firefighters confirmed some rooms locked and residents were not home. The second floor had fire damage as a window was broken. Emergency teams worked to knock down exterior and interior flames and searched the building for safety.
Audio|Source: New Bedford Police, Fire and EMS
08:24
Transcript:
00:00
Command.
00:02
Command is silent.
00:06
Who's my third engine?
00:09
Third engine is going to be engine 8.
00:17
104.
00:27
Engineering from command.
00:33
Okay,
00:37
I want you south of Smith Street.
00:39
If you need a piece, the Ladder 1.
00:44
Hey, Bobby Popper, Smith.
00:53
The man is from engine seven.
00:55
These are fire coming up into the east here.
00:57
We're probably going to get something up in that attic.
01:00
That's four.
01:06
Thank you.
01:13
(name withheld) Warren, charge our line.
01:19
(name withheld) on board, but I was on the way.
01:26
Portable, Angel 1, stop from the top, work your way down.
01:36
Ginger 1, charge that second line, charge the second line.
01:47
Flat of one, portable from command.
01:52
One portable.
01:54
Yeah, see if you're gonna make your way up into the attic.
01:57
Get eyes on that CD side.
02:01
Go on us.
02:06
Command, can you go again with that?
02:13
I want you to make your way up into the attic on the CB side and get eyes in the attic.
02:18
See, we have an extension in the attic.
02:23
Christian, you don't know.
02:29
Agent 7 from engine 1, right off tank.
02:34
Stand by.
02:46
The man from Ingen 7, we got the fire on the exterior knockdown right now.
02:50
We got two lines in half operation.
02:52
The second floor window did blow in, we did have fire coming in there, so we might want to check that second floor.
02:58
Second floor.
03:04
The roaming house, there's some rooms that will lock.
03:08
The other residents say they are not home.
03:11
Copy.
03:12
We have multiple apartments in the other unit.
03:15
The officers up here is catch them off.
03:22
38.
03:26
You can let me off this.
03:28
That auto was not served.
03:31
Copy.
03:35
We're going to try to get a ground ladder off bottom one, see if we're getting up to the second floor and pull some of this window down.
03:43
Yes, 6-4-1.
03:47
(name withheld) 1 from engine 7, are you ready for Warner?
04:04
That is?
04:09
Portable 7, this is portable and dorm.
04:12
I'm getting a lot of now.
04:15
10 4, we're going to need 35, we're going to get up on that 3rd 4.
04:20
We can't get back here in the area.
04:22
We've got some fire coming out of the bottom of the east.
04:28
Command from engine 7.
04:31
Nice, command's on.
04:34
Yeah, the wall keys, and we're opening up now.
04:36
We've got smoke pumping out from behind the wall sheets.
04:38
We're going to have to open up the walls.
04:40
Looks like it's going to be on the first floor on the Charlie's Delta corner.
04:45
We've got injured one pulling this back now along with us.
04:48
We're going to try to keep me off some of the sound.
04:53
Receive.
05:01
Engine ain't portable from command.
05:07
Yeah,
05:11
I want you to come out front.
05:15
Copy.
05:18
Command from another cell, we got fire coming out of the eve now.
05:27
That's Boy, I got Latter One in the attic trying to get eyes on that location now.
05:32
See if you can hit that again from the outside.
05:41
Command from the Latter One Portable.
05:45
Command's on.
05:50
Chief, we start and gain access to the main portion of the attic.
05:53
We've only got a little bit.
06:01
10-4[1].
06:03
I want to get on the third floor,
06:06
get on a third floor and open up the ceiling in the CD corner.
06:13
Pritchie.
06:23
Command from Portable Force.
06:28
Command's on.
06:31
Second far north side is clear.
06:34
I'm heading up to search four-three.
06:37
Set four.
06:39
Get a helpladder one full full steel in a SCD corner.
06:44
More caution.
06:53
Command from Unit 1.
06:56
Command.
07:01
Command is on, Unit 1.
07:11
Yeah,
07:13
engine seven thinks it's in the wall on this Bravo side.
07:18
He's looking to see if we can get someone in the first floor to check it.
07:27
Sure explore Bravo.
07:34
Official's route to near Central Ave, Apartment 2 East.
07:39
That's their phone.
07:48
Shelta, 104.
07:55
Cruiser at Naxfield County, and South for Northbound traffic on County.
08:06
Yeah,
08:07
I want you to check the basement.
08:08
I want you to go to the first floor.
08:11
G.G. Corner.
08:17
104 will be advised.
08:18
We just made entry into the basin area.
08:23
104.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or confirmation that a message has been received and understood.
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Location mentioned:
Near Central Ave, New Bedford, MA 02745
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