Junkyard fire involving car and railroad ties in Topeka, Topeka KS
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a fire at a junkyard near Southeast 10th Street in Topeka. The fire involved a car and possibly burning railroad ties. Firefighters coordinated access and requested railroad shutdown due to the fire's proximity to the tracks.
Audio|Source: Topeka and Shawnee County Fire Departments
04:46
Transcript:
00:00
Injad all companies, we're being waved in off 10th Street just to the south of the fuel pumps in this junkyard.
00:08
Looks like maybe we got a car fire back in here.
00:17
Digit by the defense.
00:27
Engine 5 is on scene trying to access this joint yard near Southeast 10th Street, I believe, is what it's going to be.
00:43
Dispatch, can you get me a, try to get me a callback near 10th Street?
01:00
And those peskeys, we have brush truck as well.
01:06
104.
01:07
Engine 3, 1, that's 100.
01:16
Engine 3 has 742.
01:28
Engine five to dispatch.
01:44
Rush 2, make a steel to ice correction, it's going to be near Southeast 10th Street,
01:53
and it's to assist the company there on the smoke investigation.
01:57
Rush 2, respond near Southeast 10th Street, this is going to assist fire there on the smoke investigation.
02:08
It's called on Alpha 3 at 744.
02:16
or the aerial view before, and I'm pretty sure we can get to everything from this access point.
02:25
We're also getting reports that there's railroad ties on fire as much I shut down railroad whenever I can get a hold dispatch.
02:33
Yes, hi, agent.
02:38
What's all into five office page in there's two? What did you need? What's going on back here?
02:43
A break. Injointed dispatch.
02:45
Go ahead.
02:48
Can you contact whatever railroad is going to be and have them shut down? Supposedly there's some railroad ties on fire.
03:00
Commandion 2 at 7.24.
03:04
Command, the battalion 2.
03:08
Okay,
03:11
would you get with engine 3 and figure out, they were talking about a different access point if we could get better access, we're going to be blocked up, we can be able to get back in here this way.
03:22
Ariel five,
03:24
I hear dogs because I want to be cut from getting out.
03:29
There's no way we're getting back to this thing from this access point.
03:33
It is locked up with cars.
03:35
We can try maybe to the west of where we went in and see if there's a better way to get back in there.
03:51
Rail 5-2. We're just about out of here now and we'll head that way.
03:56
Is there any right down to you?
04:00
Copy. If you want to send a brush truck on that way, we're going to redirect over to 13th Street, Aerial 5 saying we may be able to access us from there.
04:07
Break,
04:08
command to dispatch.
04:12
Go ahead.
04:14
I'd be advised this if not near the railroad tracks so you can go ahead and have them keep that open.
04:21
Timbor at 749.
04:25
Brush here to command.
04:33
Would it be easier if we drop busheline over the edge of the bridge, some truck underneath that or come on up your way.
04:44
Stand by, Command of Battalion 2.
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Location mentioned:
SE 10th St, Topeka, KS 66607
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