Apartment fire with oxygen tank at Richmond residence, Richmond VA


Fire units responded to an active fire at an apartment near Sledge Street in Richmond. The fire involved an oxygen tank and caused heavy smoke inside the unit.
Audio|Source: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Multiple dwelling fire.
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near Sledge Street, apartment 214,
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engine 5, engine 14, engine 14, engine 5, engine 14, engine 10, engine 6, engine 12, truck 6, truck 3, safety 1, battalion 1 and battalion 2.
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Multiple dwelling fire,
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near Sledge Street, Apartment 214.
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Cross streets are Wester Street and Brook Road.
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On-Pack, Channel 4. Timeout,
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(number withheld).
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Okay.
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Patient patient contact.
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We should copy patient contact (number withheld).
00:43
On companies in rock with the exception to engine 14 to near Sledge Street, Apartment 214 for the apartment structure fire.
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Call that virus, the oxygen tank was on fire, apartment is very smoky.
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Run order, engine 5, engine 14, engine 10, engine 6, engine 12, truck 6, truck 3, shown on companies in route on tag 4, (number withheld) hours.
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Angel 14, we're coming across. I'm walking through and route.
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(number withheld) hours.
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Agent 5 is going to have the hydrant inside the complex.
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Richman copies engine 5, hydrogen inside the complex, (number withheld) hours.
01:33
Engine 10 will do a split lay on the trolley side, opposite side of the hydrant that 5 is going to.
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Richmond Cotts Engine 10 will do a split lay on the Charlie side on the opposite side of Engine 5's Hydric (number withheld) hours. Agent 5 is arriving.
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5-story apartment complex, nothing visible from the outer side.
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Engine 5 will have command going in to investigate.
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Richmond Coffee, District 5-1-scene, five-story apartment complex, nothing visible from the office side. We'll have command going in to investigate (number withheld).
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Location mentioned:
Richmond, VA
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