Fire crews respond to chimney fire near North Johnson Road, Columbia City IN
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a reported chimney or fireplace fire involving the basement and roof at a residence near North Johnson Road in Columbia City, Indiana. Crews split to address the fire from the basement and roof areas.
Audio|Heard on: Whitley County Fire Operations
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03:32
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 201 from Fire 204 out swimming.
00:13
I'm going to need you guys to split your crew.
00:16
We do have a fireplace burning in the basement.
00:19
It does share the same flu with the fireplace on the main floor.
00:24
And I would like the secondary crew to take a ladder to the chimney and get up on the roof.
00:34
Could you go on Claire's split crews?
00:37
One go to the basement, one take a ladder to the roof.
00:40
We go to the row five, sorry.
00:46
I'm clear. Um,
00:49
go ahead and split your crew do the best of your ability.
01:03
Let's go ahead and do our impacts for now just to be safe.
01:09
Okay.
01:12
County Fire 204.
01:13
Let's go ahead and make this a 703 at this time.
01:20
And clear on code 703.
01:27
Spence Fire 201, I'm on C.
01:32
201 on Feast.
01:38
Fire 204 of A-200.
01:44
Go ahead for fire 204 on Ops 1.
01:49
Do you want 207 if that just traffic was broken? I didn't hear what they said.
01:55
Affirmative, one of you guys go ahead and respond out here.
01:58
Quick.
02:17
Truck 207 en route to 1539 North Johnson Road.
02:22
Agent 201, why don't you guys just stay on the road to stop here in front of the driveway? Have your interior crew take that thermal inside.
02:30
Engine 21. Dispatch engine 2 on out Swan on the scene.
02:35
Vision 201 on scene.
02:40
Coming in from fire 201.
02:44
Go ahead.
02:48
I'm just doing another 360 on the Charlie side.
02:51
It's like the back chimney is pushing on more embers and definitely a lot of popping and crackling going on up there.
03:00
I'm clear.
03:08
Command, Tanker 204.
03:13
Good.
03:15
We're just passing 290's house.
03:17
I'm coming up on being given a time.
03:23
Fine, you guys stayed short, fine, 2-01 will use your manpower.
03:29
Thank you for staging short, breaking up manpower.
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Location mentioned:
N Johnson Rd, Columbia City, IN 46725
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