Structure fire with victim rescued on first floor, Torrance CA
Fire & ArsonA major fire occurred at a two-story commercial building near Sartori Ave, Torrance. Firefighters reported heavy smoke and fire, especially on the delta side toward the rear of the first floor. Rescue teams found and extracted at least one victim from the first floor. Multiple fire units responded, and search and rescue operations were underway to locate more victims and control the fire.
Audio|Source: South Bay Fire: Culver City, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance
08:24
Transcript:
00:00
Agent 87 from Torrance. We're getting multiple callers now. We've got reports that there is possibly some victims trapped on the first floor.
00:10
Copy that. We've got a header also, so let's start a second alarm.
00:17
Torrance copy his second alarm.
00:24
Engine 93, Indian 95, 296,
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Towns61,
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Rescue 95-196, Town 66,
00:34
Rescue 95, 696, second-1-0-0-60 Fire,
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10-06, 40-Avo.
00:38
Agent 95, Ingen 85, Engine 983, 1296, Pallion 601, Rescue 95,
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VLS-96, Second-Lonstructure Fire,
00:46
1-0-06, 1006,0006 for Toyota.
00:53
We have an engine 97 on the scene.
00:58
We have a two-story 333 center hall.
01:02
We have heavy smoke column showing from the delta side. We have light smoke showing from the first and second floors on the alpha side.
01:12
Engine 907 is laid in. We secured our water supply.
01:16
Indonesia is going to initiate fire attack.
01:19
Torrance is going to get zero alarm, which I'm going to use, stage, one block out.
01:26
Torrance copies, third alarm.
01:32
191 on scene staging.
01:38
996 on scene.
01:43
Section 91 on scene.
01:49
Last night, Watson.
01:54
In community,
01:56
engine 87, we have a confirmed fire appears to be on the first floor, delta side towards the rear.
02:05
And again 7 is standing up for a fire attack just outside the hallway, always charge a smoke or unable to close the fire door.
02:15
This is going to be an office fire attack. It's going to start Tori Command.
02:19
Command posts is going to be on Alpha Siler structure with Captain Brooks.
02:23
The Alpha side is street side.
02:27
Engine 91,
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once you make sure Ingram 7 gets its first line in service
02:34
and bring a backup fireback line, take control mic through you're going to fire attack.
02:40
Backup, fire on the first floor, appears the fire,
02:45
is on the Delta slide towards the rear.
02:53
See 96 on the scene.
03:02
Special 9 survey is a good fire attack.
03:05
Sounds like fires on the first floor, Delta, Delta.
03:10
Mr. Thomas, Rick Chuck, anyone.
03:14
So, Tori Command, are going to be Roose Division.
03:27
Quatory command,
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you're going to be search and rescue on the first floor. I'm going to sign you to the captain on engine 91.
03:36
Your objective is shelter in place.
03:38
Let's get them immediately threatened victims. Let's get them into the safe space.
03:45
Rescue 91, copy Search and Rescue.
03:49
Age 92, Indign 94, Truck 61, Battalion 93, respond for a third alarm structure fire.
03:57
1-0-Juristic, statutory, engine 92, age 94, truck 61, Battalion, 83, response for the thorough obstruction fire, 1,000, Sergeant, Auto.
04:08
Did you copy? I'm assigning you Rescone 91 to assist search and rescue on the first floor.
04:19
291, we copy, break 1691,
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it'll be the initial line going into the unit.
04:25
Follow that line, and you'll find us.
04:31
Copy is following the line in.
04:34
Answer 95 on team, stay there.
04:41
Command,
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are you on scene?
04:44
That's permanent voting for a time, miss.
04:49
I don't see, station, yeah, time, for us.
04:55
Engine 93, Stratory Command, what's your ETA?
05:03
Correction, that's page 93 on scene.
05:06
We're staging yes, sign for us.
05:10
Copy that, Engine 95, standby one. Break,
05:13
do you have any rescues available on-scene staging at near Sartori Ave?
05:21
Affirmative, RISU 6, we're on scene, waiting for a side of it.
05:29
Engine 95, Structory Command, I'm going to make you Rick, I'm going to give you Rescue...
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...90...
05:38
Let's stand by.
05:43
Ingen 96, Cemetery Command, confirming your own scene?
05:51
Indy-95, Submurric Command, you're going to be Division II.
05:54
They're going to have reviews. Give me a primary search, check for extension, give me a Ken report.
06:03
Engine 95, Top East Division 2.
06:09
That's where you come in for Ingen 81.
06:15
Go ahead, engine anyone.
06:19
We found a victim on the first floor.
06:22
We're going to move past the victim and try to get the fire out.
06:25
But the victim's close to the front.
06:32
I copy that.
06:36
Break,
06:37
Rescue 91, Sartori Command, you copy there's a victim on the first fort.
06:43
Are you able to extract that victim to the Alpha Side?
06:50
Rescue 91 copies, we're making contact with the victim now.
06:55
Cover that break.
06:57
Resc96, BLS91, you're going to be medical.
07:01
Rescue 91 is bringing one victim out towards the Alpha Side, First Floor.
07:08
Rescue 96 copies.
07:11
We have BLS91.
07:12
We're going to provide medical for that victim.
07:19
Torrent, surparate commands, can be one additional rescue, one additional BLF.
07:29
Division II, Sartori Command, can you get me a can report? Division II, Sartory Command, can you give me a can report on that second floor?
07:48
Secretary of Management 2.
07:51
Just confirming,
07:53
we had veterinary 6 assigned to us,
07:56
are they assigned a medical amount?
08:01
That's affirmative, yeah.
08:02
They're on medical with a patient, so you've got Division 2. Can we make a cam report. Let me know if you need additional resources and do we need to cut over that hallway.
08:17
Structory Command from Division 2, we have heavy black smoke in the hallway.
08:22
We're going to need vertical ventilation.
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Location mentioned:
Sartori Ave, Torrance, CA 90501
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