Residential fire with initial unaccounted elderly female, East Rutherford NJ
Fire & ArsonA residential fire occurred at a second-floor unit near Road Street in East Rutherford. Initially, an elderly female occupant was unaccounted for amid heavy smoke. Firefighters cleared the house and confirmed all occupants were safe and accounted for. The fire caused significant smoke but was brought under control without further injuries or fire details.
Audio|Source: East Rutherford Fire and Police
04:5
Transcript:
00:00
Coal states the alarm has been sounded for four hours. It's going to be for engine four, respond to over to (number withheld), may have been out in ascension on the crosses.
00:09
Check out a possible alarm issue.
00:11
Coalers states the bar alarm has been sounded for approximately four hours. Time is 1700.
00:21
An elderly female is unaccounted for.
00:24
Repeat, East Rutherford Police to the fire department. Near Road Street, second floor, active house fire.
00:30
Not everyone is accounted for. Your time now is 1700 hours.
00:38
Please, the force respond to (number withheld).
00:43
Our ECU (number withheld).
00:52
They have a confirmed working house fire.
00:54
All officers report to be out.
01:00
Zero.
01:05
Headquarters, put that tone over again, you were cut out. Put the tone over near Road Street, please.
01:20
Southern Police to the Fire Department, working house fire, near Road Street second floor.
01:27
I repeat East Rutherford Police at a Fire Department, working house fire,
01:31
Near Road Street, second floor.
01:35
There's an elderly female at the first floor that's unaccounted for at this time.
01:48
No.
01:53
Not use Erie Ave, it's closed for trees down. I repeat East Rutherford to the fire department. Do not use Erie Ave. They have trees down blocking the way.
02:05
The fire chiefs and road for the fire chief house.
02:09
If anybody trapped or on account is for it.
02:13
Lieutenant, we're checking now. We're checking now. We're checking now.
02:22
(number withheld). You're there?
02:25
Hey from...
02:30
What's the address of that?
02:33
Near Road Street.
02:36
All right, copy.
02:38
Everybody from the DV-(number withheld) and route.
02:47
Go.
02:51
Yeah.
02:57
4-1, go ahead.
02:58
Not me, but I'm back in.
03:00
Okay,
03:02
120 eastbound,
03:04
gray,
03:06
Nissan, Rove, Lima-15, Uniform Sierra Charlie, apparently possibly intoxicated.
03:12
One-for-one, go with your message.
03:20
All right, there's just an update.
03:23
House is cleared.
03:24
We have heavy smirk on a second floor.
03:27
All occupancy in the house.
03:29
Everybody's out.
03:33
Fire command.
03:34
All occupants are accounted for an out of the hall.
03:39
Now, do you have an action, an actual fire?
03:46
At this point we just have heavy smoke. That's all we just see at this point.
03:52
Received.
03:55
No report.
03:58
Officers on scene state that they have an extremely heavy smoke condition on the second floor and they have not been able to get upstairs but everyone's accounted for.
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East Rutherford, NJ
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