Residential fire spreads at Palmetto Ave home, Detroit MI

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/30/2025 04:26 AM

Palmetto Ave, Detroit, MI 48234

Fire crews responded to a residential building fire near Palmetto Ave between Kerry and Els streets in Detroit. The fire spread throughout the dwelling, leading to multiple fire units arriving and passing incident command among teams. EMS was requested for standby during firefighting operations.

Audio|Source: Detroit Fire

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Transcript:

00:00

Near Palmetto Ave.

00:02

Near Palmetto Ave between Kerry and Els a fire reported in the dwelling.

00:10

All companies upon your arrival on scene, go to Fire Scene 3[1] for Chief 3, Fire Scene 3 for Chief 3,

00:17

Chief 3, Chief 5, and all responding companies.

00:19

EMS has been requested for standby, and Chief 3, you're going to have four engines, a truck and a squad, Chief 3.

00:29

Three have it.

00:36

34 scene. Injord 34 in the scene.

00:44

So, Injid 53 have the MS home scene.

00:47

Mr. 53, you have the MS on scene.

00:55

Engine 46 on the scene, stretching on a dwelling, going throughout,

00:59

passing command to the next survival company,

01:02

part 3 plus 1.

01:03

Engine 46 on the scene, stretching on a dwelling that's going throughout.

01:09

Passing incident command to the next arriving company, Power 3 plus 1. All companies are rough at the box for Lerun-1-3, Pallmeto, Pomerto Fire Scene 3[1] for Chief 3, Inter 46 on the scene, stretching on a dwelling, going through route, passing incident command.

01:24

Central 46, have the truck enter from Kerry, please.

01:28

Letter 23, enter from Kerry.

01:32

Ladder 23.

01:34

Lighter 23 has a message.

01:36

Ladder 23 has a message.

01:39

34 central, we need EMS police.

01:43

Engine 34, every question, EMS, and SCO-2-3 on the scene.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

Fire Scene 3: Assigned tactical radio channel for fireground operations.

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Palmetto Ave, Detroit, MI 48234

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