Apartment fire caused by mattress set ablaze in Richmond, Richmond VA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a deliberate fire involving a mattress set ablaze in apartment 520 near Carlisle Avenue in Richmond. The fire alarms sounded and crews conducted searches to ensure no further hazards. An investigation into the cause as arson is ongoing.
Audio|Source: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
08:12
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 11 from Carlop command.
00:02
On your arrival, take your personnel and locate the sprinkler control room.
00:08
Agent 11, copy.
00:14
Engine 8 command from AC.
00:17
Do we use the first line now, man?
00:22
We're inside 5.2 in every second.
00:30
Can UAP, please?
00:32
Is it a naked.
00:39
You can bring the hose line down at 520.
00:41
We're in set out of 520 now.
00:43
We got, uh,
00:45
a light hanged,
00:47
no file thrown yet.
01:04
We were not able to get a positive reset on the smoke detector on the second floor lobby having a malfunction with that smoke detector.
01:12
The system is still active at the community building, no hazards.
01:18
In the 16th, we're turning back the service and command is terminated.
01:24
Retron copy is unable to get a good reset on the alarm.
01:29
Alarm malfunction, system still active, no hazards.
01:32
Inter 16, return to service, 0457 hours.
01:41
Commander Richmond, I'm sorry, come in on.
01:47
Thank you, Command.
01:48
We got a small fire against 520 in the floor and the middle floor.
02:00
Class this thing more on the mouth.
02:07
In command,
02:09
fire investigation is definitely appropriate.
02:12
We've got a lot of things that we deliver on this tech, a lot of stuff in our way.
02:23
Command copies.
02:29
And... Quite a lot of the command for much.
02:34
Hello, I have a command.
02:37
Did you want to make this a working fire?
02:42
Yes, I did, thank you.
02:47
Rosie, working fire, 1499.
02:54
Fire attack the truck, too.
02:56
We're gonna be the fan of the fifth floor.
02:59
That's the fire arm,
03:02
the fire department.
03:06
Okay, receive.
03:12
On your arrival, take your personnel to the front of the building, you'll be the RIT team.
03:17
Agent 13 on your arrival, take your personnel and start searching the floors of this building and make sure we don't have anything else.
03:30
Thank you, Mr.
03:31
Command.
03:32
It's going to be a mattress that was set on fire in the middle of the floor of 520.
03:42
Command copies, mattress, the middle of the floor of 520, and then also you had a bag in the stairwell, second floor, correct?
03:53
Thank you, Mr.
03:54
Permanent.
04:03
Transmitting a working fire.
04:05
Airlight 1.
04:07
Near Carlisle Avenue.
04:10
Transmitting a working fire.
04:12
Airlight 1.
04:14
Near Carlisle Avenue.
04:16
Cross streets are Gilliam Street and Union Street.
04:19
On-Tack Channel 4.
04:21
Timeout, 0,500.
04:29
Airlight 1 in route.
04:33
Let's see the airlight one around, however one on.
04:38
Command constructives.
04:41
Go ahead.
04:48
Primary and secondary search, negative.
04:55
Command copies, primary and secondary search negative.
05:02
Thank you for command.
05:05
If you able to have a company goes to a floor, morning,
05:10
instead of it gets into one, then maybe some salvage, so it's maybe the third floor as well.
05:17
So I have Engine 13 coming inside to assist to check floor by floor, make sure there's nothing else.
05:24
I'm going to have Truck 5 go in and join them.
05:30
Select 5 copies.
05:36
The command, RID is established an outside of the structure at the front engine.
05:43
Command copies.
05:46
And radio, just for your information, engine is taking the system.
05:52
Richmond Coppies until 11 taking a system and inches six were at the front of the structure outside.
05:58
And be advised, investigated for he has been notified and will be responding.
06:05
Good man, copies.
06:11
Tadine 3 on scene, NBC now.
06:16
Time 3 on scene, 5-0-2. Time 3 on scene, 5-0-2.
06:23
Command from 8.
06:25
I'm sorry, silence the alarm, please.
06:31
Command copies.
06:33
Agent 13 or truck 5.
06:35
Can you have somebody silence the alarm?
06:42
Truck 5, that's right.
06:43
Can you take care of that?
06:49
Command from 11, we've got a key and we're gonna try to silence the alarm now.
06:56
Command copy, thank you, Agent 11.
07:03
Command from FireTag.
07:04
I got a truck too with me.
07:07
The fire floor is clear, 520 apartment's clear.
07:10
I'm gonna work on getting it out of the stairwell and some of the other floor.
07:18
Command copy.
07:23
8 drivers to command.
07:29
Go ahead, 8 driver.
07:30
Do you need a system charged?
07:38
Not this time.
07:44
Grab ones responding going to attack 4.
07:49
For copies,
07:51
we have one, we have responding to take 4-0505.
07:59
I haven't spoken to management yet, but the origin apartment, this is probably definitely deliberate.
08:05
They're going to need to speak to a resident in 520.
08:12
Command copies.
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Location mentioned:
Near Carlisle Ave, Richmond, VA 23231
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