Bus and vehicles on fire behind AutoZone, New Orleans LA
Fire & ArsonRadio traffic reporting a bus and multiple vehicles burning behind an AutoZone near Old Gentilly Road. Fire units request additional engines and pumps. The audio also includes a medical call for a 94-year-old woman with a possible stroke near Farm Site Road, and a separate investigation near Alexis Drive where crews report a gas leak and an evacuated home. Responders describe knocking down fires and assessing the scene.
Audio|Source: Metro New Orleans Area Fire Departments
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Transcript:
Dispatch send another engine company. Looks like a bus and a few vehicles on fire. We need another pump out here. Unit 7406, update on location. It's on Old Gentilly Road about a mile off the highway. Engine 8, unit car 202, medical response for a 94-year-old female with a suspected stroke near Farm Site Road, cross street Rice. Engine 36 clearing bridge. Fire alarm response to near Farm Site Road. Caller advising there is a bus and some vehicles on fire and requesting another company. Engine 6, speak with Engine 36 on channel 5. Engine 36 and Engine 6 are en route to Old Gentilly coming from Reed. Investigation at near Alexis Drive, cross streets Carl Street and Blanca Court. Plains advising a gas leak at that location and the home has been evacuated. Crews report it is tight getting back here and are trying to knock down fire. At this time they see a bus, at least one other vehicle, and a large trash fire behind them.
Dispatch send another engine company. Looks like a bus and a few vehicles on fire. We need another pump out here. Unit 7406, update on location. It's on Old Gentilly Road about a mile off the highway. Engine 8, unit car 202, medical response for a 94-year-old female with a suspected stroke near Farm Site Road, cross street Rice. Engine 36 clearing bridge. Fire alarm response to near Farm Site Road. Caller advising there is a bus and some vehicles on fire and requesting another company. Engine 6, speak with Engine 36 on channel 5. Engine 36 and Engine 6 are en route to Old Gentilly coming from Reed. Investigation at near Alexis Drive, cross streets Carl Street and Blanca Court. Plains advising a gas leak at that location and the home has been evacuated. Crews report it is tight getting back here and are trying to knock down fire. At this time they see a bus, at least one other vehicle, and a large trash fire behind them.
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Location mentioned:
Old Gentilly Rd, New Orleans, LA
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