Residential structure fire with basement and upper floor flames, Hartford CT
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a residential fire at near Wethersfield Ave, Hartford, CT. The fire started in the basement and spread to upper floors with heavy smoke and flames. Occupants were rescued using ladders, and rehab units assisted at the scene. Fire crews worked to control and extinguish the fire across multiple floors.
Audio|Source: Hartford Fire Department
09:28
Transcript:
00:00
Letter 6, District 1 for 54.
00:03
54, go ahead.
00:06
Can you give me an internet channel 2? What do you got, Ladder 6? It'll be incident 1. Chief, reporting a fire on 1. We're going to switch the fire here on 1. Why don't you make it work in fire?
00:17
Okay.
00:19
Okay.
00:21
Agent 8, file 1.
00:22
Testress to the line. Go ahead, engine 8.
00:25
We're playing from my street, Chuck Lee's deputy, see if he wants to serve the 5th agent.
00:29
Chief, they're reporting fire on one and two.
00:31
We're forcing a front door now. I got heavy smoke at the front door. And the notes are saying it's a basement fire, okay?
00:40
Fire line. District 2.
00:43
If you got 7th and quarter, start them with the rehab unit.
00:50
Sevens is on a medical at the moment and... 54 is on the way.
00:57
Ladder 6th. Angel 1.
00:59
Get the closest company to get the rehab. Enter 1. Can't just stand by one second. I'm trying to get a location with fire. I'm getting all conflicting reports.
01:09
Training is on the way, sir.
01:11
And engine age is to the assignment.
01:15
Thank you. All right, fire ground one, guys.
01:19
Fire ground... Firelander, I mentioned 11's available.
01:23
Okay, 411.
01:30
10 hydrant is a 10 pump. Hydrogen is dressed.
01:33
Hydrogen is dressed.
01:37
Angel and hydrant. Targ run. Target, target.
01:45
As it's in Hyja, Sar's the Hyder. We're coming.
01:48
We need P.D.
01:51
here. Starrington, Sergeant, Target, Cargson. I'm coming right to the scene.
01:55
On the ladder two, sir.
01:57
Eighth, you copy. You're going right to the scene.
02:00
What do you need from ladder two? Let's do.
02:05
Let's you check the basement.
02:08
One, we gotta check below this.
02:11
Are you going to be access to the back side of the building or go to the front? All companies, make sure you hit the repeaters and fire ground one.
02:18
Two drivers, all units. You got cages on the B side of the building, cages on the first floor windows.
02:24
Guys, fire ground one. Engine one.
02:28
Engine one.
02:30
On the rear, I got heavy fire at second floor.
02:34
In the car, I got heavy fire at second door. We're stretching the car's on the windows.
02:39
We're stretching around the east side.
02:47
We're taking a line now in the driveway.
02:51
To the rear.
03:03
The Ladder Company for joining the assignment, 271, Wethershild Avenue, if additional ladder needed for the working fire.
03:10
Lieutenant 1, prior ground 1.
03:22
Latter 5, fire alarm?
03:24
Latter 5.
03:26
Put us back on the line.
03:28
We're probably closer to the ladder 4.
03:31
Okay, you back on line, 942.
03:33
One ladder 6. We'll make our way up the rear.
03:38
Okay, we're waiting free up the door.
03:42
District 1 fire alarm. Put letter 5 on that. Thank you.
03:46
I did, sir. Time 4.
03:48
I canceled the ladder 4.
03:51
Our latitude to command. We're still sending into the basement. We've got a big change. We're going to get a metal.
03:57
We should be to find this car flogging route.
04:00
Yeah.
04:03
For 15,
04:04
we got the first floor heads,
04:06
cages on all windows.
04:09
We get a crew working on that.
04:12
Our command of writ.
04:13
They're further to build it with ladders, third floor.
04:20
Engine 2 to command.
04:22
If we were ripped, we're here 3rd 2. We're grabbing engine 3 quarter to back up the interior line.
04:30
I believe you have 8 to have 4 from Benton Street.
04:35
On the command.
04:40
That's right.
04:42
All right.
04:43
Fires in the basement.
04:45
I got fire coming up to the second floor stairs burning through.
04:51
We're on the first floor going to search.
04:55
Ladis Street driver, you want me up and going to the roof, you want me to come to you.
05:02
Company is all hands working.
05:04
All right.
05:05
Command attack. You ready to lie ahead and down there?
05:09
I copy.
05:10
944.
05:12
15 to command.
05:13
I want to make you an interesting. New stairs to the base field.
05:17
Okay, I got a 15 to get down the rear stairs to the base.
05:23
Okay.
05:25
We under one pump, charge my line.
05:31
Water coming.
05:36
Round and two to command.
05:39
Remain answering.
05:41
All right, we got fire in the basement, it's in between the two floors on the eighth time, right between, like, in the middle of the building.
05:53
1015.
05:54
It's a red line. Charge our red line.
06:01
Go on it.
06:05
Repeat, I'm not... ...still on a second alarm for this. Join the light line.
06:09
Companies are stretching,
06:10
extending ladders, third floor,
06:12
Rescue Actual.
06:14
Stand for.
06:16
Both lines, Mark. Right in red, charge them.
06:20
There's coming.
06:26
Command engine 1.
06:31
Where are you one? One, four are you one.
06:38
Okay.
06:40
All right. Command engine two, go to floor three.
06:44
Look on the Bravo side. It's working up the wall.
06:48
Okay, come forward. Okay, come forward.
06:51
This is going on the first floor. Okay. Okay. Okay. All right, command answers, Pan. Okay.
06:59
Okay.
07:01
Sorry you are.
07:04
We have fire. It's coming from basement for the first-world stands.
07:08
We're hitting the stands right now.
07:10
Okay,
07:12
good. It looks like it's all on the Bravo side.
07:16
It's a Bravo apartment. It's the Bravo apartment.
07:19
On the command.
07:28
Act 1 to command.
07:34
Act 1, the district 2A.
07:37
Over 2A.
07:40
Alright,
07:41
primary 5-1, negative.
07:43
Going up to 2.
07:46
Primary 1, copying, negative.
07:50
Safety to command.
07:51
You got heavy smoke, third floor in the rear. Charlie's hide.
07:55
I copy.
08:01
It's 11 in command. We're on scene. What do you need?
08:08
Command attack once.
08:12
I do let it come up to the front of the building.
08:16
All right, start moving up to the upper floors we can and start getting some searches on.
08:22
If we can protect in place,
08:25
do that for now. Right now we're removing somebody over a ladder on the 8 side. We have one on scene.
08:32
We're making our way to do on three.
08:35
Okay, receive.
08:39
All companies, heavy smoke on the rare third floor, Charlie's side.
08:46
54 the command rehab is on the corner of warming and weather.
08:54
I just on the latter strip.
08:58
We have a.M.R. They have a.m. that can come down until this plate still.
09:04
They got no more.
09:06
They got a Aetna 217 out there. Tents that are in need of treatment.
09:12
I copy, ma'am.
09:18
Get a lot of six.
09:20
I don't teach.
09:22
You know,
09:27
I'm so proud of here as well.
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Near Wethersfield Ave, Hartford, CT 06114
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