Active residential fire with structure collapse in Hagerstown, Hagerstown MD
Fire & ArsonAn active fire occurred in a residential garage loft, causing the homeowners to evacuate. Firefighters confirmed no children inside the structure. Power was shut off to prevent hazards. The fire caused a partial collapse of the rear structure. Crews used ladders and deployed teams to extinguish the fire and check for extension into neighboring apartments. The operation involved managing roof soft spots and moderate smoke conditions with no extension to nearby apartments confirmed.
Audio|Source: Washington County Fire and EMS - Digital
08:20
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 5 to command, you have the homeowners running down the street towards your location right now.
00:06
They're coming down first street.
00:08
Where are they? They're coming down first street from where I'm located at the truck.
00:12
Okay, I think they just headed Fortune Avenue.
00:14
Side Alpha safety from command.
00:15
Can you meet up with the homeowners?
00:17
Talk to them. Let's confirm that they have accountability of the children and there's nobody inside that structure.
00:22
Alpha safety to command, I shut down the power, main breaker, to the house that has power going to that building.
00:29
It's all on fire.
00:30
Okay, okay.
00:31
Washington from the main. Go ahead and give me city light.
00:32
Go ahead, I'm sorry, command.
00:33
Command from Dr.
00:34
3. Command from Deputy 3.
00:36
Deputy Three, hold on.
00:37
Truck three, go ahead.
00:38
On top of the deputy three, got the power security in the garage.
00:41
On the Charlie,
00:42
Delta Quadrant, there is a loft above the garage.
00:45
We do have active fire and a lot at this time.
00:47
If you're an additional crew with a 14-foot roof ladder, get up there and get a fire knocked down all the way.
00:55
The engine 26-1 from command.
00:56
Go ahead.
00:57
What's your staffing and what's your location?
00:59
Yeah, bro. One more at that.
01:00
I have the homeowner with me.
01:02
There are no children of his in this structure.
01:06
None. None. Is it 271 from command?
01:08
Good.
01:09
What's your location you were to report to the command post?
01:11
We're on the Charlie side.
01:13
Washington command, IDR[1] in 20 minutes.
01:15
Okay, Washington, Washington, Washington.
01:17
I copy, we're talking about.
01:18
We got a knock on the fire.
01:19
We're having an extended operation.
01:20
We do a collapse of the main rear structure.
01:24
I'll be holding on units.
01:25
Great. Command and the deputy's race.
01:26
Good.
01:27
I'm sending firefighters Gilroy up with a ground ladder to assist you a team and a lot back about that.
01:32
Okay, I don't want to do that from inside.
01:33
I'm going to get a ladder from the alpha side, and the opposite side where everybody's working with the fence and go up between the two.
01:40
I think we're going to have better access from there, but I want to check it first.
01:43
Okay. Okay.
01:44
26 on from command.
01:45
If you could come back here, truck there you can do this, we'll get that off.
01:48
Washington, Franklin.
01:49
Okay, I'll go ahead and push out an engine transfer.
01:55
Okay, I'll go ahead and push on hydrogen pressure.
01:56
Okay, I'll go ahead and push on hydrogen pressure.
01:57
Border. We've got the fire knock on the Charlie's Delta Quadrant.
02:00
We're going to the wall.
02:01
It's flaring up a little bit.
02:02
We do have some soft spots on the roof of the walls going on the Charlie side.
02:06
Okay, okay.
02:07
If you have a crew available on that side of alpha, you can just get up into that apartment and make sure we are in any kind of extension.
02:13
Their last pivot location did not tell me much.
02:17
What street are you on?
02:18
28th. (number withheld) South Main Street, Sterling Cair, Lincoln Terrace as an emergency, AML 69, responded off from 1920.
02:25
I'm walking back to your locations.
02:27
First,
02:28
I'll push you behind (number withheld).
02:30
There'll be fairly close to the fire building.
02:32
Several.
02:33
I need a line to where I went off.
02:34
Onward. One way. Question Ann from Deputy 3.
02:39
Go ahead. Go ahead. Made access on the roof area between the apartment building and the main fire building, which is still the main fire building.
02:45
Plus, the engine fire, bring me a handline, I need a crew of people, I need a salt, it cost metal.
02:49
We have extension up through here that we need to get under control.
02:52
Stephanie three, turn out.
02:57
Number three, 1930.
02:58
Command Deputy III, what kind of saw you want? Do you want that battery-powered metal saw or do you want a chain saw?
03:10
Very powered metal, all-metal rush.
03:12
All-metal rush. Ten-three officer.
03:14
Ten-three officer, go ahead.
03:17
Okay, you're a little hard to call up and say no extension to the apartments.
03:24
That's correct, we do have a moderate smoke condition though.
03:28
Okay. Okay.
03:29
Yeah, go ahead. Do you guys need to take up in the apartment?
03:31
Supervisor, Captain the Loser.
03:33
Okay, sir. I'm sending a couple guys back.
03:35
Let's start getting guys cycle through rehab.
Police codes explained
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[1]
IDR: Incident Duration Reminder (10-minute timer/status check during incidents)
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Location mentioned:
E 1st St, Hagerstown, MD 21740
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