Apartment fire with residents trapped in Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg VA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a structure fire near Townsend Boulevard in Fredericksburg. The fire involved a three-story apartment building where six residents were initially trapped inside. Crews evacuated occupants from one apartment and continued rescue efforts in another. All units coordinated mutual aid and established command on scene.
Audio|Heard on: Stafford County and Fredericksburg Fire and EMS
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04:18
Transcript:
00:00
Battalion, medic truck 1701 and 1702, medic 1702, and mutual aid for the structure fire near Townsend Boulevard, apartment twelve.
00:37
County engine truck 1701, engine 1702, medic 1702, mutual aid for the structure fire near Townsend Boulevard, apartment 12, cross street of Fleetwood Court.
00:47
On Fred 1, Fred 1 for the incident 0242.
00:57
Engine 1701.
01:01
Engine 1701?
01:05
Thank you, 42.
01:07
Medic 17, we're sure the hospital is fine.
01:15
Yes,
01:22
I'm out. It's going to be apartment 13.
01:25
There's going to be six people that are stuck inside.
01:29
No one complaining of any illness.
01:30
Show you en route here 243.
01:36
All units en route to the structure fire.
01:38
Apartment 12 has all been evacuated.
01:42
It's going to be apartment 13 that has six people that are still inside.
01:51
Agent 17G on scene.
01:55
Three-story apartment.
01:58
Smoke showing alpha side.
02:00
Got our own water, searching lines.
02:04
Truck got alpha.
02:07
3245.
02:13
1711.
02:16
245.
02:21
This is 1702.
02:24
I know you're busy.
02:27
When you get a second, let me know what floor and what quadrant 13 is so the outside crew knows for ground ladder.
02:39
1701, come in.
02:41
Someone want to repeat traffic?
02:50
We got a knife on the fire.
02:54
Everybody's been evacuated.
02:57
We're still freezing the apartment.
02:59
The rain is not here by your house, but it sounds like everybody's accounted for.
03:06
Copy. Good work, sir.
03:15
Tarion to 1701, I'm on the scene.
03:18
I have command on four.
03:19
Giving incident update momentarily.
03:23
Copy command at 248.
03:29
Box Foxtrot X Ray, residential fire near Townsend Boulevard Apartment Twelve Engine Fifteen Oh One.
03:41
Near Townsend Boulevard, Apartment 12 Engine Fifteen Oh One.
03:52
Spotsylvania Engine Four responding.
03:57
Copy 249.
04:03
1501 responded.
04:06
Copy 250.
04:12
May I have information 17-2?
04:15
Apartments one through six have been swept and it's all clear.
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Location mentioned:
Townsend Blvd, Fredericksburg, VA 22401
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