Firefighters respond to house fire near North St SE, Decatur AL

Fire & Arson

Reported: 09/13/2025 07:37 AM (PDT)

Near North St SE, Decatur, AL 35601

Fire units responded to a residential fire near North Street SE. Smoke was visible coming from the roof and front door of a single-story home. Firefighters were on scene working to control the fire.

Audio|Source: Decatur and Morgan County Public Safety

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Transcript:

00:00

Zone 5, making you're aware of getting a possible residential fire near North Street.

00:06

Central Ladder 3, engine 6, engine 2, engine 1, battalion 1, medic 21, patient for reports made residential fire, near North Street southeast.

00:17

Smoke coming from the roof and front door, unknown to talk about.

00:20

Take care.

00:22

To respond.

00:23

Code 1[1].

00:24

104. Decatur is advising my committee to pilot.

00:27

Did you say pilot?

00:29

104. Thank you, 24.

00:31

Thank you soon, 14thes and route.

00:37

Base 6214 en route.

00:41

Watter-A-3 is on scene.

00:43

Stavis in North Carolina, fifth single-story residential, smoke showing from the reeves, we'll be out there.

00:49

Senator Copy, Ladder 3 on scene, single-story residents, smoke showing outtaching.

00:52

Clear urgency 14.

00:54

TAC1. I'll respond to you, and switch to TAC 1.

01:00

TAC number one, acknowledge.

01:01

T-214, available when I get 4 trucks,

01:05

cleared up, we'll have them take that call.

01:06

Just a kind of down there.

01:07

TAC 1, TAC 1 is assigned.

01:09

Team staging.

01:10

We're working fire.

01:15

We're stretching a line at the door.

01:17

Next time again,

01:18

boost you back up and start to search.

01:19

Pick up.

01:20

Just probably one, three, working fire, stretch, along.

01:22

Copy working fire, stretch, and line.

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[1]

Code 1: Non-emergency (routine) response

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