vehicle fire in parking structure at shopping center, Torrance CA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a structure fire inside the parking structure at Central State Galleria. Flames and smoke were visible on the second level. One electric vehicle was fully involved. The area was evacuated and a second alarm was called to assist with the fire.
Audio|Source: South Bay Fire: Culver City, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance
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Transcript:
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We have a reported structure fire at Central State Galleria.
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Inside the parking structure,
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unknown was on fire,
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flames,
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and smoke scene, security is evacuating, and will meet to guide you in.
00:26
Give me a location gallery, security to you send to this call.
00:32
I'm trying to ascertain a better location.
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All I know is it is inside the parking structure with fire visible from Kingsdale.
00:45
New 6-1 from 6-2.
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Go ahead for 2.
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Go ahead for action 6-1.
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6-1, I'm going to go ahead and take the north side and get a look.
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If you want to go ahead and take the south side, you can give us a report on the conditions when you get there.
01:02
Copy that, sir.
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To the gallery.
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...to confirm reports of a fire on level 2 with smoke on multiple levels above that.
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Also in order to 32, Rescue 3-2 Rescue at Chevron McDonald's, 101 South Pacific Coast Highway.
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Patient located in the parking lot in a white alpha-o, units requested for a (number withheld) year-old with tooth pain.
01:41
Also in order to 32, Rescue 3-2 Rescue at Chevron McDonald's, 101 South Pacific Coast Highway, patients in the parking lot.
01:52
South Bay from truck 3-2, please show truck 3-2 out of service until further.
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On truck 3-2, I copy out-of-service, tell further.
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Here we do have a floor store parking structure.
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If we do have fire coming from the second level, we do have our hop-home height and we're going to go ahead and out for investigation.
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First I'm going to stand by for initial time.
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Engine 60 from 6.1, so far we have nothing.
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We're about to take the stairwell to the second floor, we'll advise.
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Up the stairwell to get an ice from the north side.
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From engine 61.
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units from engine 62.
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I'm on the parking level two.
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On the north west corner,
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we do have a row of vehicles with one EV that is fully involved.
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We're going to go ahead and do a two and a half post-pack operation.
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Engine 6-2, I want you to go ahead and grab that center stairwell with two and a half hose pack.
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Probably going to need approximately 200 feet at two and a half to a couple of hose packs.
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John Opherson 6-2, go ahead and start me a second alarm,
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and go ahead and dispatch me from McCormick unit with the supervisor.
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Captain Connor from Engineer Lair.
03:56
We have actress problems with the stairs here.
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Doors are locked.
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We do have the west stairwell available to us.
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Copy that, copy on the usable usable stairwell.
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Copy it.
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We can reposition your rig to put you to the left stairwell.
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That would be perfect.
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Copy.
04:24
We're fully involved with vehicle fire.
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On the top set, is for sure, please make access.
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We're blowing a hose line right now.
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Torrance, CA
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