Active structure fire causes partial rear building collapse, Wilmington DE


A structure fire occurred in Wilmington, Delaware, with multiple fire teams responding. The fire caused a partial collapse of the rear of the building at 508 (exact street number withheld), involving both the first and second floors. Firefighters established collapse zone precautions to ensure safety during the operation.
Audio|Source: Wilmington Fire
03:38
Transcript:
00:00
Commandify, we're just another progress report.
00:02
We have Ladder 1 in service with their master stream, we have Power 16 in service with their bucket, still not going to active fire down in the cockwells of exposures.
00:13
There's D1 and D2.
00:14
We also have a 2-and-a-inch line in service on the C side.
00:25
And letter two is in the process of taking up.
00:28
They're now in a position where I'm going to make them available.
00:30
We'll let you know as soon as they clear.
00:36
Okay, received.
00:37
Call you one to command.
00:42
That's you to call in commandment.
00:45
Tally 1.
00:47
Zell Marba is on seeing.
00:51
Yeah, Demarva.
00:55
That's a primative.
00:56
Just like you know, Dale, Mark was on scene.
00:59
All right, thank you.
01:00
I've already made contact.
01:07
Just let me know what's going to follow that two and a half inch line back to that C side.
01:18
Just let me know what's going on back there, please.
01:23
Proceed.
01:30
16 bucket.
01:37
When you get a second, are you able to level up above those corpals
01:43
right underneath the route line and go straight into that cockwell on the building Tijuana?
01:54
Yeah, we're getting pretty close to the spring in an event.
01:59
Pretty much right where my spotlight is.
02:01
That opening right there, are you guys able to level up with that and go straight inward?
02:06
Yeah, Gene, we can get that.
02:11
All right, we'll give it a shot for a few minutes to do it on.
02:19
The latter one, how we're looking on the street.
02:29
We're making progress over here.
02:31
I don't see any active fire.
02:34
I've got the latter one following up as we just for the report.
02:38
All right, just keep moving around as needed.
02:44
Yeah,
02:48
that's it right there.
02:49
If we can just go left and right for a few minutes, saturate that.
02:57
Probably one to command.
03:01
Go ahead, the time one.
03:06
We advise that you have a partial building collapse, in a rear 508,
03:13
T-side.
03:16
Okay, first or second floor?
03:20
That's the primary.
03:21
All right, was that involving both floors or just one?
03:31
Both.
03:35
Okay, as long as everybody's maintaining that collapse zone in the rear.
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