Fire damages third-floor apartment at Belmont Ave, Springfield MA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a fire in a third-floor apartment near Belmont Ave, Springfield. The fire was extinguished, and crews carried out overhaul and salvage operations. Damage included burned floor joists and hot wires behind a kitchen wall. Power was shut off to the third floor after the fire was controlled. No injuries or suspicion of arson were reported.
Audio|Source: Springfield Fire
04:26
Transcript:
00:00
She's in the fire line. This isn't going to be a structure fire.
00:06
It is out at this time.
00:07
We are performing overall.
00:09
I am going to hold all companies at the time.
00:20
Receive, Chiefsue, that's going to be a structure fire.
00:23
It is knocked down at this time holding all company.
00:30
Come in, engine one.
00:33
Engine one.
00:35
Hey, I need you guys to get in the basement and kill the power up here.
00:38
We have one like wires that is marker.
00:41
Pretty safe.
00:50
Squad the command.
00:53
Command, go ahead.
00:56
Yeah,
01:00
you want to come on down?
01:08
Trot through your command?
01:16
Engine 1, Charlie, the engine 1 alpha.
01:19
Powerful.
01:22
The hatchway is locked, but it's got a simple padlock on it that we can just simply snap.
01:29
Pretty safe.
01:32
We shut the power off to the third floor.
01:33
Can we verify that?
01:40
Repeat last.
01:41
You say you killed power to the third.
01:44
As affirmative, the panel's a little funky down here.
01:46
We can I confirm that the power's off third floor.
01:52
Off three.
01:58
That's affirmative, power is out third floor.
02:01
Receive, power is out third floor.
02:02
Pre-Cee, powers out.
02:06
Man, fire one, I'm going to put in a recall.
02:08
I've been releasing engine 8.
02:09
They're call available already.
02:14
Received. Recall is in for 75 Belmont Avenue.
02:17
You'll be releasing engineers.
02:18
They'll be calling back available shortly.
02:23
Reback's correct.
02:24
Just an update.
02:25
Behind the wall in the kitchen there were some hot wires that with this fire team, they'd burned through one of the Joyce.
02:30
There's a bunch of charro up there.
02:32
We've got a full wire rider now.
02:34
And there's performance out with an overhaul in the apartment below before we judge it.
02:42
Received, there were hot wires behind the wall.
02:45
I apologize, sir, could you repeat the rest of that transmission? It came in a little low.
02:51
Yeah, no problem.
02:52
There was a burnt floor joist and a column joists behind the wall.
02:57
We're waiting to perform overhaul and salvage on the second floor before we started drenching it.
03:05
Recuse surf leading to do overhaul and salvage on the second floor before you search engine.
03:15
Truck 2 to fire alarm.
03:20
Fire alarm, go ahead, truck 2.
03:23
You can put truck 2 back in service, A.M.R.S.
03:26
Care of the patient.
03:28
Truck 2 back to service, A.M.R.
03:30
Care of the patient.
03:35
Call five, the Chief Two.
03:39
Chief Two goes my first.
03:43
What's the apartment number?
03:47
It's just a regular three family, it's the third floor apartment.
03:53
Free soon.
04:01
Command's at third floor, Division 3.
04:03
The names are clear to start spraying away again.
04:07
Injury the fire alarm on.
04:15
Fire alarm's on.
04:16
Go ahead, engineer.
04:22
Back in service.
04:25
Receive, engineer, you're back in service.
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Location mentioned:
Near Belmont Ave, Springfield, MA 01108
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