Hazmat fire with ethanol and fuel tanks in tow yard, Sacramento CA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a hazmat fire at a tow yard near Bell St in Sacramento. There were ethanol and fuel tanks involved. Evacuations were underway and water supply was set to prevent fire spread as power lines arced nearby.
Audio|Source: Sacramento Regional Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Engine 105, Medical 8, District 101, near Bell St, Bell St, Engine 105,
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Operation A2.
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Command, Division Mike on Bravo 6.
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Division Mike, go ahead.
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I'm trying to reach you on Bravo 4.
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I copy. Stand by one.
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Vision Mike Truck 106, we were able to get the owner of this tow yard to open this gate up remotely.
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Do we have an engine coming to supply soon?
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That's affirmative.
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And truck 106 just be advised you're going to be downwinded this.
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Copy.
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What's inside?
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I'm working on that right now.
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Yeah,
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I've got a civilian that's in this tell yard that's walking up right now.
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I'm trying to evacuate him to see if anyone else is here.
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I got it.
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Vision Mike is engine 19.
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You're going to comply in truck 106.
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They're making access in front of you through that.
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And we're trying to get evacuation distances before we commit them in there.
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Copy that. Truck copy.
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State Union Manager Companies.
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Copy.
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Truck 1-6, Division Mike.
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Go ahead.
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Yeah, you're going to have engine engine and
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let me know if you need an additional engine in there for distance to the hydrant.
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Copy, I think one engine should be enough.
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We've got a hydrant in the Amazon parking lot directly across from the entrance that we access from.
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The civilian here says he's the only one on this property.
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We've got a straight shot to get in here as long as we've got water.
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We don't want to commit yet to engine 8 here.
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Confirming.
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We don't have engine 19 committed inside there?
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Sorry, I thought you said we were signed engine 8.
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Yes, have engine 19, are they here?
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We don't want to set up yet, and so we know we have water soon because there are our lines arcing and it's spreading towards us right now.
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We want to make sure we have water before we come in all the way back there.
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That's from if engine 19 is at the gate.
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Okay,
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from Trump 1st5 engine 19 here, we're right behind you at the gate.
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Goff, y'all coordinate face-to-face.
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On plan, I've got the townion five that's a Duke Nelson also on Bravo 6.
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Go, go, Rojo.
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You can't copy.
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I copy.
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Community Division mic.
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Division Mike.
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Division Mike, go ahead.
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It happens today.
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We have hazmat start working on evacuation and distances for those tanks.
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Yeah, that's affirmative.
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I've got them arriving on scene now.
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We're going to go ahead and establish them this House Night Groups to all units to be advised.
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We do have ethanol in one tank and fuel and the other tank confirmed by the rail company.
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By dispatch engine 1, you can cancel medic1 and start a code 2 BLS.
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BLS.
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Medicaid 14 Bravo, Mediolate Level 2, District 1, 7th Street and Leastel, Operation B3.
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On there, time?
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That's negative.
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They're going to call back with REEK.
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Copy, thank you.
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Engine 101, it's Division Alpha.
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Engine 101. Engine 101.
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Are you guys on that master stream?
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Agent 101 is at the hydrant supplying the operation from this side.
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Copy, 42, you're on mastering.
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Bill 1.
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It's for Engine 1.
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It's for engine 1. It's for engine 110, engine 10 for effects.
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Staging you up on Bravo Foreston.
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Proceding Command, if I can have you relocate to the far end of this parking lot, closer to the way, we're going to need some more distance.
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It sounds like water's getting made from 101 through an engine to us.
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It just hasn't gotten here yet.
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We're ready to go when I get there.
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Copy that and we are set up for an unmanned master stream.
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Affirm, two of them, we're going to try and contain and bring them down to where we can just wet these tanks on each side.
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Do we get any word on the contents or whether or not these things are full?
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Not sure on the levels, but we're looking at maybe a half-mile evacuation distance once we get some water going on these.
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Okay
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BFAP from 103 further We've seen no signs of offgastening or anything like that From them we're at our Columbus District of LARC.
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Probably that, thanks
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Division Alpleansion 101
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Are you grass out of that?
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Copy on.
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In Alpha, Agent 101, SMUD is here on our side, they're coming up now.
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Are they able to make access from the south of Roosevelt Road to the Longview parking lot?
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I'm not sure they're heading towards where 103, 17th, and 14s are parked.
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Page 109, how is Matt? Hey, we're going to the far side of the yard to move the command post.
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You just found there.
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If you can have them to the command post, which is down past the railcar into the long view of parking lot.
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Nobody's on six, be advised.
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Shet 17 is slowing the aerial.
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Mike.
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Division Mike, go ahead.
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Agent 17. You got water?
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Water 3.3 has water.
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Division Alpha, engine 101.
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Confirming 800 meter.
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That's affirmative.
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800 meters. That's affirmative.
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800 meters is the remitted evacuation distances for these tanks.
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Copy. So...
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2400, 2,500 feet.
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Near Bell St, Sacramento, CA 95821
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