Dumpster fire causes small explosion near Harvard Art Museum, Cambridge MA
Fire & ArsonA dumpster fire with a small explosion occurred near Broadway and Quincy Streets by the Harvard Art Museum. Fire units responded quickly, extinguished the fire, and confirmed there was no fire spread to nearby buildings.
Audio|Source: Cambridge Fire
05:51
Transcript:
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There's a small explosion in the dumpster at Broadway at the Harvard Art Museums.
00:05
Just during the time that we're not going to check the building extension.
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Received.
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I'll get you addressed in a second.
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We'll receive a fire alarm as a message. We'll fill the assignment, strike the bar.
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Five to fire alarm.
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Anything is it by
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We're off Broadway and Quincy We have a dumpster fully involved maybe five to six feet against a tight free building doesn't look like any extension to the brick right now
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We'll give you an update
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Receive Bevice from engine one we're going to be filling that assignment
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Box 48,
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area of Broadway and Quincy,
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outside dumpster fire for a small explosion, possible extension to a building.
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Additional response of engine six and two,
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ladder three, rescue one, squad four, and division two. Companies offering channel 14 at 334.
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By that one to fry a lot.
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The latter one.
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We're relocating from Felton Street to Broadway with Engine One.
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We receive a fire alarm as a message.
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Fire alarm calling Felton, command.
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Fire alarm calling Felton, command?
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Answering. Command, just inquiring, is that dumpster knocked down at this time? On Felton?
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Command, just inquiring, is that doster knocked down at this time? On Felton?
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Yes, that's about to call you.
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Andrew 5 has water on that dumpster.
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When it's fly, check the basement of building on Prescott Street.
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Receive, fire alarm is a mess.
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Receive, fire alarm is a miss.
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File on the original after fire is down, so I'm sure you have the next thing with the call.
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Received command.
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We'll transfer ladder one to the construct box.
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Receive command.
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We'll transfer the Latter 1 to the instruct box.
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Latter 100, Command.
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Appreciate it. Command on the Latter 1.
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Command, Latter 1 is on 14.
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By the alarm call, Latter 3.
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Latter 100, a command.
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A lot of three.
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Come in.
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A lot of three, you can stand down first time.
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Receive.
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I'm just taking a walk down towards headquarters to make sure that nothing else is going on a little further down.
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Hey, X one.
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Quincy, come in.
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Hello.
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Quincy Command, Channel 14.
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Quincy, Command, fire off.
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Answer.
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Dumpters been knocked down.
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Enter once checking for extension inside the building.
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As you want to file them.
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Receive command, dumpster's been knocked down,
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tracking for extension inside the building, 336.
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Proceed, command, dumpster's been knocked down,
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tracking for extension inside the building, 336.
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Receive, command, dumpster's been knocked down,
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tracking for extension inside the building, 336.
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Command, headquarters appears clear.
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Measure 1 to file them on 14.
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Fire alarms answering.
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Fire alarms answer.
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Fire alarms answer. Fire alarms answer.
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I apologize. Do you need to witness to this?
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As death affirmative.
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Ask that's affirmative.
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Asked that's affirmative.
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Okay, very good.
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Come here about a lot of one.
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Vado one.
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All right, there they all.
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I have a piece, I page, yeah.
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Command on file.
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The alarm is answering command.
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Fire alarm is answering command.
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Fire alarm is answering command. Fire alarm is answering command.
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All dumpers provide the low gear have been knocked down.
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We have no extension 85 for us got three.
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You can hold engine 5, engine 1, ladder 1, that's for the car.
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So you can create a corner box 4-8. All dumpsters been knocked down. Hold an engine 5, engine 1, ladder 1, division 2. Other companies are returned, 338.
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See creator 4.8.
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All dumpsters been knocked down. Holden engine 5, engine 1, ladder 1, division 2. All the companies to return, 3 38.
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community, report box 48, all dumpsters been knocked down. Holden engine 5, engine 1, ladder 1, division 2. All right, division 2. Other companies to return 3 38.
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Location mentioned:
Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138
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