Large scrapyard fire burns near Alum Creek in Columbus, Columbus OH
Fire & ArsonA large fire is burning in a scrapyard near Alum Creek in Columbus. Firefighters are using multiple fire units and searching for working hydrants to control the fire. Some hydrants in the area are not functioning, requiring the team to find alternatives. There is no current evidence suggesting the fire was set intentionally.
Audio|Source: Columbus Public Safety
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Transcript:
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(name withheld) said he walked around this file,
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and he says there's a hydrant right on the other side of his fire,
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and we should be able to hit it with 100 feet of hose, and we can get our ladder truck back there.
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The guy that's...
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Trying to run in this show here for the junkyard.
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Says that he's not sure we're going to be able to get there with the heat.
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I didn't know if (name withheld) was standing around you, that you could ask him that.
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Logger 2 and engine 14 continue alongside that building on the north side.
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There's a hydrant up there.
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122. Good on.
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90-50.
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122 s12 B.I.
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CFD call asking for 5-4-281 Alum Creek.
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Car call and repeat.
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2-4. I want to have a 10-6, 15th in Cleveland, (name withheld).
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It's actually refusing to stop.
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It's now taken off on the southbound.
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Tafer.
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I copy, making a 5-7-0-90-50, 1561 southbound.
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Okay,
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I'm coming north down, what kind of car is it?
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Well, as far as me, I see you having a run for the time for.
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Okay, yes, too.
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Engine 14 from Lider 2, the hydrant should be behind us, according to the workers.
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Engine 14, the Lider 2, you got a good spot there.
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We can follow you in with 5-inch.
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I think we're as good as we're getting.
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All right, we'll lay you in behind here.
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We've got 183 on the Hyder.
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Command the Ladder 2, you're going to have to go in between those two files.
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Right now you're sideways to them.
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You need to commit into there.
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Engine 14, the ladder 2, we got a dead hydrant.
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It's a dead hydrant.
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121.
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Copy that, it's dead.
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I'll have one to hang out here.
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Copy. Okay.
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Command engine 14 is not the hydrant inside the complex?
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I copy. It comes back to Eric.
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What about?
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Eric Volta 1-25 South Standwood.
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That's the hydrant.
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Due west of the fire by the school buses.
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Dead hydrant.
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We're going to go out to refugee and try another one.
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Command copy.
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Command the engine 172.
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I need you to go out to Refugee Road area on the west side of the structure, meet up with Engine 14, ladder 2, and do a relay.
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Copy that.
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Italian 4 from Battalion 6.
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Chief, it's going to be too far to go from refugee to where we're at back here.
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Engine 14 from ladder 2.
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Come on back here where we're at.
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There's another hydrant here.
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Heron 5-7, information from Channel,
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not pursuing, I'm sorry, 15th in Cleveland,
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on a 111-11.
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1-83, copy.
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Blue Toyota, high rate of speed,
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(name withheld), female, scarf, blue and white over her head,
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early 20s.
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Firefighter, Ellis, engine 1-3,3, there's another hydrant back here.
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Head of 44B at Forrest and Parsons.
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Was laughing southbound on Summit.
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Should be in a silver sedan.
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You're probably, too.
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629 hair per pipe family dollar color said no black great to walk in black long sleeve shirt tan timble on the back in black pants brown tim blue all your bag took merchandise took off towards the mound
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we'll be still on paper copy it's got to be further or wet have a large scrap yard on fire at allen creek 104 area
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Oh, okay, I couldn't tell for that.
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All right, yeah, it must be a good one then.
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Copy.
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174, 90, 171.
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5-1 and 554.
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I copy.
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Copy-bye. Engine 14 at command.
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Sign 4, let's a sign and set.
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14 go.
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We found another hydrant.
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Engine 14's on it.
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We're going to supply ladder 2 on the west side.
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Alum Creek, Ohio
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