Firefighters contain attic fire in Lebanon home, Lebanon PA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a structure fire at a residential building near South 5th Street and Locust Street in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Initial checks showed no active flames, but firefighters later discovered residual fire within an attic wall. Crews used a chainsaw and hose to fully extinguish the remaining fire and confirmed temperatures had stabilized below 80 degrees. No injuries were reported.
Audio|Heard on: Lebanon County Fire
Listen to dispatch call
04:59
Transcript:
00:00
Attic of the fire building.
00:02
There's negative fire up there.
00:10
Copy, negative fire in the attic.
00:12
Do you need any additional resources?
00:16
Negative at this time.
00:18
I thought the truck said something about the Bravo side of the fire building? I'm not sure if I heard him correctly.
00:31
BC Corner,
00:34
Division Two of 229.
00:37
That whole Bravo wall needs to be looked at.
00:45
They extinguished all visible fire.
00:51
Okay, are they done down there?
00:55
Yes.
00:58
Okay, and there are other crew members coming in back.
01:02
Okay, that should help with the smoke because when they opened the basement door, a lot of it was pushing up.
01:07
So that should help with some other.
01:11
Okay, yeah, they were telling me that I was moving into the building, there was no heat, and they were having trouble banging that smoke out.
01:22
We do have a basement window on side A, but the way it looks like there's a dryer vent through it and I believe it's covered over with plywood.
01:34
Okay, we might have to let it naturally vent for a little bit.
01:37
Just keep monitoring the process or the progress.
01:42
I'm at (name withheld).
01:49
Truck 20 operator from the attic of the fire building.
01:57
Go ahead for truck operator.
02:03
We have nothing over 80 degrees in the attic.
02:10
Okay, copy that.
02:12
It does look like the smoke's getting pretty lazy now.
02:15
Starting to look better.
02:21
I'm truck operator.
02:23
We have a guy.
02:25
Do we have anybody in the Bravo exposure? We're starting to get smoke pushing out of these again.
02:30
I don't know if it's just coming over.
02:34
There is not.
02:39
I can send somebody in in in a minute.
02:43
A man from the attic of the fire building.
02:46
Do you want us to just sit up for a babysit or what would you like?
02:52
If you're confident you have no extension anymore and no fire, you can come back down.
02:59
Everything that is thick is under 80 degrees.
03:04
Okay, if you're good with it, you can come down and we'll send somebody back up again later to check this again.
03:13
Come in.
03:16
We're working on opening up a Bilco door to the basement.
03:25
Engine 19.
03:32
Engine 19?
03:36
Engine 19, go ahead.
03:39
Do you want the hydrant shut down at Fifth and Locust?
03:44
Yeah, I believe I just talked to the guy to shut it off.
03:46
Thank you.
03:54
Two firefighters going into that 231 Division 2 now that double check that smoke.
04:01
Copy that.
04:14
10-15 firefighter Miller.
04:18
Go ahead.
04:20
All right, we found some residual fire in the wall up here.
04:23
We're going to need a chainsaw for the attic.
04:30
Okay.
04:31
Just to confirm, 231 attic, right?
04:37
Yeah, that's correct.
04:40
Original fire building.
04:42
I can work with him through the vent on the roof.
04:52
You said you're going to give them a saw?
04:55
Affirmative, a saw and a hose.
04:58
Okay.
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Location mentioned:
S 5th St & Locust St, Lebanon, PA 17042
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