Firefighters respond to large fire near Melton Ave and Grade Ln, Louisville KY
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a large fire near Melton Avenue and Grade Lane in Louisville, Kentucky. The fire involved multiple tanks and several spot fires behind the tanks and nearby vehicles. Multiple fire units coordinated efforts to control the fire using aerial equipment, foam, and water lines. Crews performed reconnaissance on the affected tanks and worked to extinguish spot fires around the property. The situation required managing hydrant operations carefully due to oil leakage. Resources were adjusted as needed to contain the fire with minimal additional support.
Audio|Source: Oldham County Police
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Transcript:
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Like to pick the operator Shepardville Truck 7, check down your aerial.
00:08
Battalion 92.
00:12
Go ahead.
00:17
I got engine 15 W bringing up with the first line bundle.
00:23
Did you all make sense that 3-inch line and get foam on it?
00:29
Everybody please give me a call.
00:31
All right, I'm not sure we're the 30 inches located. We're right here at Emory Spark-a-Lot.
00:45
Repeat your last transmission.
00:48
We are in the parking lot of Embry's.
00:53
The Titan III is okay.
00:56
Italian Three, so we can get that in place. You can have the aerials open back up.
01:06
65 to 52 operator I've got a guy down here saying you need the heart hydrant back on is that correct
01:18
bad now 26 OCD where it's every similar down
01:23
Whenever Quit9 is ready, our engine 65, whoever's relaying to Quit 9, we can go ahead and charge the plug back up. The Tachy 3 to companies down there do not charge cations aerial just yet. Betain three to companies down there do not charge Cine's aerial just yet.
01:40
I'm okay. We can send 52 water independently. Is that what we want?
01:46
I think we're good with everything shut down right now. I got a crew in there doing recon on those tanks.
01:55
I'm okay. Just be aware we have to get in the hot weight deep of the oil to turn this hydrant on and off. So the leaks to come out, we have to do that the better.
02:03
20-0-7.
02:05
Understood. Just standby.
02:07
Chief 87 of Battalion 3.
02:10
We're good with both ladder pipes shut down. We just have some spot fires to the rear of the tax.
02:16
But 103 is okay.
02:18
I got ASRCs getting their apparatus hooked back up. And then I'll have a crew link up with who's doing recon and we'll get a line placed on it.
02:32
Engine 90 to Quinn 66. I need you shut down your aerial.
02:35
We have crew working over here.
02:41
Engine 15, Airport Rescue 4-6.
02:45
American Synthetic Rubber Company at Grade Lane and Melton, a trailer with two more soap, about 800 more gallons of foam.
02:53
They are currently at Melton on the Great Lane.
02:56
Do you want them to try to cut through the left side of that traffic where the other apparatus up come and come up there to your location where everybody else is staged? 930.
03:07
negative at this time. I think it's going to take minimal resources to get this knocked down, but we might actually need it somewhere else in the incident.
03:15
But right here, we just need a little bit. I think we got it covered.
03:20
Okay,
03:22
there's two toes.
03:23
They are on melting.
03:24
I'm going to stay there for a minute.
03:29
Okay. The time three is okay.
03:32
The time three to the time in 92.
03:34
Correction on my transmission to you last 20, the engine 20, nine engine 15.
03:39
You now have yourself engine 16 and engine 20.
03:45
Okay, thank you.
03:48
Engine 90, DeQuint 66, shut down your aerial.
03:53
66, okay.
04:02
Engine 15, airport rescue 46.
04:06
The rear of that property.
04:11
286. That's correct.
04:13
We're getting spot fires in the vehicles behind the tanks at this time.
04:19
The Italian 3 is okay.
04:21
What's the situation report to your right,
04:25
where the event stretches out to the south?
04:32
At this time there's multiple spot fires, but we're going to be able to reach.
04:44
Would that be more accessible from those units operating from the south to come towards you?
04:53
Allion 78, the company is asking about the space between Knopp and Melton. We're on A, boy, we're trying to hit these spot fires. We're running out.
05:05
The plane 3 is okay. That's fine. Just let us know what resources you need, and we'll get it to you.
05:10
And we'll get it to you.
05:11
And we're stretching a hose and hitting the spot fires on the way.
05:16
Truck 940s up for my bag on the side.
05:21
Go ahead.
05:23
We're on the fire.
05:24
There's a spot fire back behind the tank.
05:27
We also have this. There's another white tank.
05:32
I'm not sure it's offgassing or it is from steam. But it does look damaged. I can set that out.
05:42
The Titan 3 is okay.
05:44
Let me know when you're ready for foam.
05:50
What?
05:57
That's 20 and last.
06:20
Other Coast 216A, I'll call back.
06:36
Battalion 3 of the battalion 92.
06:42
We'll add you about 150 foot of 3 inch in the line so y'all can stretch this a little further that direction.
06:51
Give us a second though.
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Location mentioned:
Melton Ave & Grade Ln, Louisville, KY 40219
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