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Fire erupts in Columbus high-rise dorm room sparks urgent responseColumbus OH

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N 4th St, Columbus, OH 43201

Fire breaks out in a 7th floor dorm room at Columbus high-rise, prompting evacuation and urgent firefighting efforts to extinguish flames, ventilate and secure power.

Audio|Source: Columbus Police Zone 4 Far Northwest
04:53
Transcript:
00:00
Can you check this 8 alarm at 1561 North 4th Street, General Berg Alarm? I copy.
00:11
Ladder 13 to command from the 7th floor.
00:16
Keep room 735 is on fire.
00:20
We're forcing the door now.
00:23
Send another engine company up to 7th floor.
00:27
Room 735.
00:34
Sari Vakai and 3, do you hear a ladder 13's transmission?
00:43
So it sounds like they're forcing the door right now.
00:46
They ask for another engine company up to the room.
00:49
It's on fire.
00:51
Mr.
00:55
Receive, Engine 25, go ahead,
00:57
go up and meet up with 13 to 13.
01:01
25, not to receive 13, what else you need up there?
01:09
5016 on the team.
01:11
Rescue 16.
01:17
Mr. 19, go ahead and try to get to the lobby and see about the building systems.
01:22
Ladder 1, come on up.
01:24
With Rescue, you're going to be the use group.
01:28
19 heading the lobby.
01:34
Engine 7, the Battalion 3.
01:37
Join us to bring their crew up.
01:42
I got 25s going up right now with 13s.
01:50
Passage received.
01:52
We're hooking up to that DC.
01:55
Message received.
02:02
Engine 13 is the Tower 3.
02:05
Water on the fire, all clear in the dorm room.
02:12
Yes, receive, water on the fire, all clear on the room.
02:19
Commander Columbus Fire, this is a working incident.
02:22
You don't have to send you any of more companies at this time.
02:25
Copy, working incident with no company.
02:32
In all companies, any use group,
02:35
from OSU, the student should be out at this time, at least most of them.
02:44
Ladder 13 to command.
02:48
Geez, the fire's out, we got it all clear.
02:51
The seventh floor is all smoked up.
02:55
We need second new ladder company to bring up a couple fans.
02:59
And we also need the power shut off to room 735.
03:07
44.
03:08
44.
03:12
Messer received.
03:13
You have the fire out.
03:14
You need to ventilate the 7th floor.
03:16
We need to go ahead and get the power off and see 735.
03:20
I'll be coach for the businesses locked up.
03:24
You can send me the other A day.
03:26
That's correct.
03:27
And we're sheltered in place with everybody.
03:30
I copy 1527 Northwest Boulevard at the Gressel and Evans Agency.
03:35
Rear Door Zone 1.
03:38
4-0, partial victor.
03:39
We'll take the 8.A.
03:42
Message received.
03:43
Ladder 1 and Rescue 16.
03:45
Let's assist there up with the on their floor, get that ventilation and get the power taken care of.
03:51
I got me, 4-4.
03:53
I can show you clear from that.
03:55
Okay, thank you.
03:57
The ladder 1 got a fan coming up to 7th.
04:02
Ladder 13 is breaking the second fan up to the 7th floor.
04:06
Message received.
04:12
Time 3 for Manager 19.
04:14
We're with a property manager on the scene in law.
04:17
They cannot isolate the power to room 735 and might be able to cut the power to the tunnel door.
04:26
I think you were cutting up, but you said that they were able to cut the power to isolated to 735?
04:34
That's negative.
04:35
They're not able to cut the power to 735.
04:38
They can only potentially cut the power to the seventh floor.
04:44
All right. Well, it's been vacated.
04:47
Let's go ahead and cut that floor.
04:50
Master received, we'll cut the power to the seventh floor.

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