Fire at storage yard with trailer of car batteries, Sacramento County CA


Firefighters responded to a fire at a storage yard near Roseville Road involving a trailer full of car batteries. Increased fire activity was noted on the north side. Utility company SMUD was coordinating to de-energize power lines as a safety measure.
Audio|Source: Sacramento Regional Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Roseville Command, Battalion 13.
00:01
Go ahead for command, Battalion 13.
00:11
I just arrived at the time accessing your location what's the best of the ingress?
00:18
If you're currently on Roseville Road you can access from Tri-Stations into the Roseville Light Rail Yard if not that access is going to be from westbound I-80 take the light rail station exit for long view and it will drop you right into the command post.
00:36
Got.
00:41
Number 5, medic cleared.
00:44
Uh
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Medic1 35, you cancels.
00:55
Medical 1, we call to cancel, thank you.
01:01
Go ahead, 111.
01:04
We are now available in the station area where we are supposed to be.
01:10
Copy that.
01:20
Traffic for 103.
01:23
Just looking for an update.
01:30
We're looking good over here.
01:33
It's going to need to get overall.
01:35
It looks like there's some increased fire activity on the north side.
01:40
But the structure is working on it.
01:47
Copy.
01:52
Mark 17, Division Mike.
01:59
Got 17.
02:03
To be advised, inside that trailer, I spoke to the owner of this storeyard, there was a battery.
02:14
17's copies.
02:15
Trailer full of batteries.
02:17
Thank you.
02:25
information only spoke to the owner of this storage yard of these vehicles.
02:29
He said inside the trailer in the storage yard was full of batteries.
02:44
Truck Fine, Violent Crime Assault, District 5-2505, Riverside Boulevard, Truck Fine, Operations B3.
02:57
Medic 1.01, Squad 102, Mediolade, District 101, 1915, Juilliath Avenue, Medic 1.02, Operation B2.
03:26
He spoke with the owner.
03:28
He said just regular car batteries.
03:34
Command copies.
03:37
Command, Division Mike, also confirming that Smud is de-energize the power lines.
03:48
Division Mike, I'm still waiting for a representative from SMUD[1] to arrive on scene.
03:52
Do you have a visual on one of them?
03:55
Negative.
03:59
Copy, let me work with dispatch to see where they're up.
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T.
04:08
That would be appreciated.
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For me a medic.
04:17
Our dispatch for us will come in.
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For a second.
04:23
Can we inquire what SMUD[1] as to a location or an ETA for the direct to the command post?
04:30
After a minute.
04:35
Crime assault, District 5-2505, Riverside Boulevard, Medic 1, Operations D3.
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Division Alpha, Engine 103.
04:53
Go ahead, age 103.
04:59
Update you further.
05:01
Grassfire is all contained on this side.
05:03
We have no exposures with the rail cars.
05:05
Looks like we've reduced the poles to smoldering.
05:08
Access is going to be the best on that north side when you have the opportunity for it.
05:13
And we may have a representative from the rail over on this side.
05:16
I'm going to check and get back for you.
05:21
Copy, if you can direct them to the command post, which is going to be in the parking lot of light rail,
05:29
east of the scene.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
SMUD: Sacramento Municipal Utility District (electric utility)
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