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Backyard fire spreads into house, residents evacuated 

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Near Dwight St, Jersey City, NJ 07305
Dispatch audio about a residential fire at 184 Dwight St. Callers report flames spreading from the backyard into the house. Responders say residents are out, units blocked traffic, and nearby buildings were evacuated; an unconfirmed report of possible shots fired was mentioned.
Audio|Source: Jersey City Police
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Transcript:
Details segment, we got an active fire. That's segment in the MLPA, right? That's correct, yes. You can get empty on a rush, the house is full-ingled. For two. Just let another traffic in people block the hymots. South traffic, we do it. I have a bus respond as well. Okay. Deep Hill, what's the update on there, I see? It says in route. We see if fire is growing in the backyard into the house. They're notified. Lieutenant, can we tell we have any people inside? You tell from the Lieutenant, is it possible to see if there's anyone inside? From the residents, they said that they got everyone out. We're unable to make it upstairs. The second floor is fully in golf. Do you have a file number for this lunch job? You did make a sticker for that? You ready for the file? 14157040. So soon as segment. I will be looking at this segment. I will be on the second. (name withheld), hello. So, you just give me an address yet? And if I see your panic alarm or said wash right at 193, I'm okay? I receive. Well, uh, well, uh, well if they were just going to, see you have to head to this, uh, um, okay. Okay. Two times thirty-three. Go ahead. I know there's a fire going on. By any chance on Dwight and the Drive, are they hearing calls for shots fired? I got no calls for shots fired. All right, I just received a call that was possibly shooting on Dwight in the Drive. We're making our way. (name withheld). All right, self two off on Dwight and the Drive. When the backyard, I guess it is fire. I'm sorry, to go again? I just put us up on this the white and I'm okay. I guess the fire is growing from the backyard, so we just got flagged out on this. I just put the note in the ticket empty. The fire is spreading to the rear potentially making this way to a home on the white. Alright, we're off here now. Whatever. Well, like a street crime got, we don't have anything. We just have a large crowd of people clearing their homes. We're poor for this old magnet and this drive, parking traffic going south down. We're off. ourselves too were off at the white 186 a and 186 4 they stated that the apartment is cleared but the backyard is kind of involved in flames from this uh segment address 184 and 186 alpha on the white in the rear SD was notified and I'm going off on this fire. (name withheld). Southport, we have a unit blocking off traffic from Dwight. You know, (name withheld), you're hitting your emergency alert on Channel 1. All right, too, we'll move our car to Dwight and Bergen. I'm sorry, Dwight, I'm okay.

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Near Dwight St, Jersey City, NJ 07305
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