Fire at commercial strip mall on East Millbrook Road, Raleigh NC


Firefighters responded to a fire at a commercial strip mall near East Millbrook Road. They encountered smoke and active fire but no extension inside the building. Water supply issues required shutting down Millbrook Road to access hydrants. Fire crews worked to extinguish the fire and conducted interior checks.
Audio|Source: Wake County Fire
03:40
Transcript:
00:00
The ladder 15 is on scene with a working fire[1] in a 100 by 100 commercial single-story strip mall structure.
00:09
Looks like it's going to be exterior.
00:11
Ladder 15 should be stretching along for firetow, 15 officers for Pan.
00:17
We do not have a hydrant.
00:22
Text 15 copy working fire[1].
00:29
Okay.
00:35
Clock 4 is a packet.
00:37
It's close.
00:45
5 is on the 7th century.
00:48
I'll be assuming command near East Millbrook Road we're going to call the Millbrook Road side to A-side.
00:55
Command will be located at the Alpha Delta corner.
00:58
I've got a ladder 15 stretching for fire attack.
01:01
15, I need you to grab us a water supply.
01:05
I've been updated.
01:12
Okay, I have to fix it back.
01:19
The tagging slide for fix your back.
01:25
Man, latter 15 officer.
01:33
15, were you calling to man?
01:36
Yeah, this is the latter 15 officer.
01:37
I'm in Division 1.
01:38
It has not made it inside yet.
01:42
All right, copy that.
01:46
So we don't have any extension inside.
01:51
It just looks like smoke right now.
01:53
I'm ripping ceiling tiles and insulation down there.
01:56
Okay. Command all units respond to East Millbrook Road.
01:59
We think we have a knock on the fire, but let's proceed with the fire ground procedure until we can confirm.
02:09
Second five, we're going to lay out to the hydrant.
02:12
If you let RPD know we're going to shut down Milbride.
02:17
Copy, yeah, you got a hydrant at the corner.
02:19
Headquarters. We're shutting down Millbrite Road for a water supply that's going to be hydrant or be a 5 inch in the roadway.
02:26
Copy roadway shut down for water supply.
02:29
Latter 15 irons, I'm going to have to shut the lighter line down.
02:35
We're about out of water.
02:37
C-footstep ladder in Division I please.
02:44
15, y'all got a line straight and ready to deploy and put water on the fire.
02:48
If need be, I'm shutting the ladder down.
02:53
Yeah, 15's got it.
02:54
I'm going to break your alarm and just hook it in 15.
02:59
The X-3-7 is on scene, has medical.
03:06
Hill, shut down the line.
03:10
Okay.
03:16
Leave the line, Hartman.
03:21
The engine fours don't see any stabsure.
03:28
It means down center.
03:32
Night scene, take division C.
03:37
16 or have you hold right there for one minute.
Police codes explained
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[1]
working fire: Confirmed active fire incident requiring full fire response
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