Fire erupts at Artesia building, residents ordered to shelter, Artesia NM
Fire & ArsonFire crews battled a building blaze on Champ Clark Street in Artesia, entering and exiting the structure multiple times. Nearby residents were ordered to shelter in place as teams worked urgently to control the fire.
Audio|Source: Eddy County Sheriff and Fire
03:50
Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, Central, I don't know if you copied, but I have Attack Team 2.
00:04
They made entry on the Alpha Delta side of the building, so I have two teams inside the structure right now.
00:09
Attack Team 1 and Attack Team 2.
00:13
South side of Tam Clark, if you take the north.
00:21
Walking down, Tam Clark, you need to go down, get the west side, or sorry, the north side, and telling people to shelter in place.
00:29
Yeah, I already got that.
00:31
Copy, we got this south side.
00:37
Do you know how much time left on the 20 minutes?
00:42
Four minutes, 49 seconds.
00:53
724-725. Good.
00:56
And just for information, we have MP270 blocking traffic as well, if one of you wanted to clear.
01:06
So have marked me available for calls.
01:08
I'll still be out here though.
01:09
Okay.
01:13
And for.
01:22
Command Central.
01:30
Central to Command, go ahead with your traffic.
01:38
Command Central, we have shelter-in-place orders on the 800 and 900 block of Champ Clark.
01:45
We'll advise whenever it's safe.
01:48
Copy. Shelter in place, 800 and 900 block of Champ Clark.
01:53
7.22, 7.12,
02:05
7.11, your 20-minute depth is out.
02:19
Command, copy, the attack team one.
02:29
Command, central.
02:31
No one, come in.
02:35
Central 2, Command.
02:39
Central 2, Command, go ahead.
02:43
Matt, Attack Team 1 and Attack 2 have exited the structure, both have PAR.
02:49
Unknown if we have knockdown on the fire yet.
02:52
Can I get utilities and route back to this location? Also I'm going to have Attack Team 2 making entry back into the opposite side of the building with PAR-2.
03:03
Copy, Tack 1, Tech2, Exist structure to have PAR, making another team entry.
03:10
Need utilities.
03:18
Command Central.
03:22
Go ahead, command.
03:26
Confirming that we have XL and NMGAS headed back to this location.
03:36
That's affirmative.
03:40
Copy, thank you.
03:41
Also, I have Attack Team 3 that have exited, the structures they have a PAR-3.
03:47
Chat, team three, exiting them, and they have part.
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Location mentioned:
W Champ Clark Ave, Artesia, NM 88210
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