Residential fire with smoke in wall above fireplace, Gaithersburg MD
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a residential fire near Midsummer Drive in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The fire involved visible smoke and an active fire in the wall above the fireplace. Occupants were accounted for with no reported injuries.
Audio|Heard on: Montgomery MD Fire-Tac Group Calls
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04:26
Transcript:
00:00
Two thirty-one.
00:01
Oh, my own hydrant across the street.
00:03
Three twelve.
00:07
Thirty-two to repeat.
00:10
Y'all, my own hydrant at (number withheld), just passing across the street.
00:15
Twelve market.
00:18
Thirty-one.
00:20
We received seven thirty-two battalion 703.
00:24
Caller advised he can see dark smoke and hears crackling.
00:28
Or is that in the building?
00:32
Eight to three, we're going to take the hydrant 203.
00:34
The old midsummers, they now have some from the backyard.
00:38
Three eight, I'm sitting at the hydrant running a line through the backyard.
00:43
There are many things in 703 Bravo to Montgomery.
00:48
Can you repeat a plan of instructions? I did not copy it.
00:52
Seven hundred and seven has a hydrant 203 midsummer.
00:57
Drive.
00:59
Copy.
01:01
Again, it's 1032 Montgomery.
01:04
On the scene, got a two-story single family occupant out front, confirming 305.
01:10
Another evident, all eyes on my sir.
01:13
Okay, from wreckage at 700 and thirty-two.
01:15
Two-story single family, nothing evident.
01:17
Husband says so.
01:18
All right, attention, 700 and thirty-one coming.
01:20
Side trolley got two stories in ground basement.
01:25
No basement access, but basement is clear from the windows.
01:29
I do have smoke from the chimney.
01:32
Occupants are accounted for.
01:33
Thirty-one will be my two out, and I'll have textbook command making entry side alpha.
01:37
Okay, from attention 700 and thirty-two.
01:39
Two stories in the rear,
01:41
no basement access.
01:43
Clear basement, smoke from chimney.
01:45
Patrol command, 19 line.
01:49
Battalion 703 is on scene.
01:51
Italian three to engine 700 and thirty-two, I am okay on all of your messages.
01:56
I'll go ahead and take command side A behind truck thirty-one, my vehicle.
02:04
Command engine 700 and thirty2 , you have yours still in truck 700 and thirty-one operating there on the 1st floor.
02:10
Give me an update when you get a chance.
02:14
All right, Chief.
02:15
We're on the 2nd floor.
02:17
We do have an odor.
02:20
We're looking for the attic access now.
02:22
The report from the homeowner was they didn't have an active fire since yesterday.
02:27
Both fireplaces are clear.
02:30
Okay, I copy.
02:32
Ambulance 730 to command, see visible fire next to the chimney in this office.
02:36
Command to unit, can you repeat?
02:38
Okay, I copy.
02:41
All right, commando, paramedic seven three, you.
02:47
Truck 731, you'll be operating on the 2nd floor.
02:50
Paramedic or engine 0730 will have decision two.
02:57
Can the tower eight arrive on scene? Can you get to the roof? Check the chimney area up there.
03:04
All right, okay.
03:10
We're off site, Charlie.
03:12
Well, I just wanted to hit that.
03:13
Just wanted to let this stuff soften here real quick.
03:16
Yeah, go ahead and do that.
03:19
Man, I'll go ahead and start red.
03:22
Service cap.
03:24
Sergeant.
03:26
Truck 731 Division 2.
03:30
Truck 731 Division 2.
03:35
Division two to command.
03:38
Go ahead, division two.
03:41
An update from division two.
03:44
Attic is clear and we appear to have no extension of the house.
03:50
Truck 731 to command.
03:53
Go ahead, truck 31.
03:57
I'm on Division One and I got fire in the wall above the fireplace.
04:02
I need a line on the 1st floor.
04:07
Okay, paramedic engine 731 has a handle on it to Division One.
04:14
Hold up with truck 731 where it is needed.
04:19
You're on Commander 10 IDR.
04:22
I copy Montgomery.
04:23
We have active fire in the walls where we're going now.
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Location mentioned:
Midsummer Dr, Gaithersburg, MD 20878
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