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Fire crews tackle residential blaze near Wilbur Rd, Essex MD

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audio iconFire & Arson
Wilbur Rd, Essex, MD 21221

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a possible residential fire near Wilbur Road in Essex, with visible smoke reported. Multiple engines, medic units, and safety teams were dispatched to the scene near Kitty Hawk Road and Old Eastern Avenue.

Audio|Heard on: Baltimore MD Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Firebox 717, near Wilbur Road.
00:04
Firebox 717, Tank 31 operations, TAC 32.
00:08
At engine twelve, air guard 175, engine 16, truck 15.
00:14
Air Guard Squad 175.
00:17
Medic 15, EMS 4 and Safety 6.
00:20
Residential fire, near Wilbur Road, cross streets Kitty Hawk Road and Old Eastern Avenue.
00:25
Respond on TAC 32 at 0044 hours.
00:32
Come back 7-17, check Wilbur Road.
00:35
Firebox 7-17, Squad 213.
00:38
Residential fire, near Wilbur Road, across from (name withheld) and Old Eastern Avenue.
00:42
SAC 3-2, does air 45?
00:45
Ambulance 3, stand by to copy.
00:48
Ambulance 3 on the road, correction 46-1 for a fall.
00:52
Near Windy Hill Road, cross street Liberty Road is dead end, going west.
00:56
Ambulance three.
01:02
Attention all units, fire box 7-17.
01:05
Command, a lot of smoke showing.
01:07
Those are forty-eight.

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Wilbur Rd, Essex, MD 21221

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