Fire at residential building near Cherry Street in Waltham, Waltham MA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a fire at a residential building near Cherry Street in Waltham, Massachusetts. Flames were visible in the attic and roof area. Fire crews worked to extinguish the fire and opened walls to access the fire.
Audio|Source: Waltham Fire
07:36
Transcript:
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Newton engine 1 and Newton ladder 1 respond to 87 Cherry Street with K4 on the fire alarm sounding.
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This is the Newton engine and Newton ladder with K4 to 87 Cherry Street on the fire alarm sounding.
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Waltham fire 1117.
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Fireline, Newton Engine 1 is responding.
00:28
Newton, engine 1 responding, 87 Cherry Street, Newton ladder?
00:34
Newt ladder 1 has that, responding.
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The Newton engine and the Newton ladder, responding, 1118.
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Newt ladder 1, ladder 1, engine 1 off,
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87 Cherry Street investigating.
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Newt ladder 1 and engine 1 are off investigating,
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assuming at 1119.
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Commandant, TOW-1.
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TOW-1 on the answer in the roof.
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Just be advised,
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they have to break the line and reconnect you to the tower.
01:39
So it's going to be a quick second for some water, all right?
01:43
Receive.
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Cherry, commander Wolden fire alarm?
01:56
Cherry, command.
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There's alarm sounding, nothing's showing right now, we're investigating.
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Cherry's your committee report, alarm sounding, nothing's showing you're investigating at 1120.
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Ladder 200 to command.
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Ladder 200 is a command.
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Go ahead, Ladder 200.
02:32
We've got a hole up on the roof here, we can still see fire on the wall down below its alpha bravo corner.
02:42
All right, we have that.
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400, command.
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Go ahead, 400.
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There in the attic.
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Alpha bravo corner.
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We're gonna get a lineup.
03:07
Go with that again, you need a line up in the alpha corner attic.
03:14
Yes, fire in the attic,
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alpha bravo corner, we'll bring a two and a half inch line into the attic.
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All right, that's the existing line you have.
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You're breaking in and bringing that up.
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Hello.
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We have all.
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800 command.
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Go ahead, 800.
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Yeah,
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we're scanning open the walls in the alpha bravo corner.
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Ladder 200 to 800.
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800 go!
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The fire we are seeing is on the B side located approximately between the two windows in that front alpha bravo room.
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All right, we got it.
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800.
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I have engine 100's crew coming to relieve you.
04:27
We got it.
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Roachie, we need to get up there, just come out, take a rehab.
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Yeah, get a couple minutes, we're opening that wall now.
04:48
C4 and Agent 800.
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Report to the front of the building.
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Water fire Main Street command.
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One, command.
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Command answering.
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Just be advised, you're 30 minutes in, 3.0.
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Okay.
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We have that.
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Watertown, ladder one, we have you in a position standing by 1124.
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202, I have the pipe poles.
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Ladder at your order to squad 500.
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500, go ahead.
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Look up above you, right behind you.
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Watertown C3 to wall 2.5.
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Watertown C3.
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We're off with ladder one.
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We're going to be switched over to station two.
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Watertown C3, you're off with your ladder.
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You're switching over to channel 2 at 1125.
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Answering for command 400.
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We back out of the attic.
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We're on the second floor alpha bravo corner trying to access from below.
06:40
Okay, on the second floor alpha bravo corner.
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Ladder at your order to command.
06:47
The command, tower has water again.
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Ladder you are under the command.
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Command answering.
07:05
We have an inch and three-quarter line up here, if they can't reach it,
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we can shoot in from here if necessary.
07:14
Go with that again.
07:18
We have an inch and three-quarter line on the roof.
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We have charged through the tower.
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Waves are starting to come up into the roof area.
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I understand that they cannot get it from where they are.
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We can hit it from here.
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We have that.
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We got crews below here, so stand by one minute.
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Location mentioned:
Cherry St, Waltham, MA 02453
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