Vehicle fire on I-25 with unconscious driver, Aurora CO
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a vehicle fire on the southbound side of Interstate 25 near mile marker 178. A Chevy 1500 pickup truck had crashed into a guardrail and was smoking, with fire under the rear bed. The driver was found unconscious with their foot still on the accelerator. Firefighters and bystanders used extinguishers to put out most of the fire, and medical personnel began evaluating the driver.
Audio|Source: Douglas County Fire Department 800Mhz
05:29
Transcript:
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Quint 151, Injun, 152, Mep Adam, Lincoln, 29, Adam, on a vehicle fire, south on I-25, Mawmer for 178.
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Repeating for Quint 151, Injun 152, Mep Adam, Lincoln, 29, Adam, for a vehicle fire, Sop on I-25, Momar for 178.
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Break.
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Hasmat 153, you can remain in service.
00:23
Dispatch has been 143.
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Confirming remaining service.
00:27
Confirm is downgraded to a vehicle fire from a commercial carrier fire.
00:32
Break tender 161.
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Depending 151 Safety 151 is your discretion if you want to stay in service.
00:42
I am going to continue Medical 151.
00:44
It sounds like this might be a vehicle that crashed into the fence and is now smoking.
00:47
It is not a semi.
00:53
Battagia lost one copies.
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I'll continue.
00:56
Great. Tender 161,
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confirming you a copy?
01:00
Tender 161 copies, draft and service, thanks.
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Safety 151, I'll continue.
01:09
Copy upro, Unison Rock, Southwine, I-25 to the 178.
01:12
There was a vehicle that crashed into the guardrail.
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It's smoking. Sounds like the drivers passed out.
01:18
Foot is still on the accelerator.
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You can have Douglasop 5.
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The Italian 141, copies in Douglasop's 5.
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I'm pretty missing around, I think it might be a speed.
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251.
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25215. I'll tell you, 15215.
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Indira 152.15.
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Indira 151.
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52. 51.
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51.
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Which it's about 17-7-ish smoke showing from the frontage road.
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Got you 177 smoke showing from the frontage road.
02:09
For both units around at the A-4M, it looks like we got anywhere from the 177 to the 178.
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The tie off the one copies.
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This that's Chief 158.
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Chief 158.
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What channel is the commercial vehicle fire on?
02:29
Douglas Ops 5.
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Copy. I'm on scene.
02:33
It is not a commercial vehicle.
02:35
It's a Chevy 1500.
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It's got a fire just below the rear of the bed.
02:43
I can take 178 command and go into Opts 5.
02:50
2.158 is the Chevy picked up, fire just below the rear of the 178 Command, 801.
02:59
Just coming in to 178, this is 178 command.
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It's on here walking, right.
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Southbound,
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just on the right shoulder, you got five people out trying to put it out with extinguisher.
03:17
They got most of it out at this point.
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Battalion walk to one, I got.
03:30
Went to want to do one, battalion want to do one.
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Pull it up, pulling up.
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Spot behind that red work truck stretch-a-line for fire control.
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Break command, the time want to do one.
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Go ahead.
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I want to see my side, I'll assume the command since I'm over here.
03:53
Copy, I'll return the service.
03:55
Procate with that.
03:57
Confirm.
03:58
Dispatch, battalion, 1-51.
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Detailant 1-51.
04:07
I want to see how to assume the command of one vehicle.
04:12
Smoke showing from the rear, stretching a line for fire control and evaluating a patient.
04:21
8.3.
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Command medic 151.
04:31
Just ask Chief 158 in service off duty.
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Chief 1508-803.
04:43
Agent 152 is about 300 feet to the door,
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Chief.
04:50
Engine 152 command of 5, can you repeat?
04:55
We've got the blocker position, about 300 feet to the course.
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Copy blocker position.
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We've got one, two, and the right shoulder taken with the quince.
05:07
Copy, we got one and two blockback.
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And safety once I'm 19.
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Safety 151.
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You can spot number one lane in front of Quinn 151.
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Copy number one lane.
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Near E Colfax Ave, Aurora, CO 80018
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