Large fire at tank farm near Outer Loop Louisville, Louisville KY
Fire & ArsonA large fire occurred at a tank farm near Outer Loop and Grade Lane in Louisville. Multiple fire units worked together to control the flames and coordinate fuel and foam supplies. Some tanks were down or leaning, and firefighters managed to knock down most fires while continuing to cool others. Access and resource coordination were ongoing as crews operated in the debris field and surrounding area.
Audio|Source: Louisville MetroSafe Suburban Fire 5 - 8, Okolona Tac 80
06:12
Transcript:
00:00
186, we're already shut down.
00:03
The 23 is okay.
00:05
I'm going to show 20s down.
00:10
Engine 20X, okay.
00:14
Chief Fives of staging.
00:17
Do you have your fresh crews available? We're going to start greeting off and walking the debris field.
00:23
The only fresh folks back there.
00:30
With folks in it?
00:33
Thank you the engine 20 hydrant. Are you still down at the Hyder?
00:45
North Division, the Command.
00:48
North Division, the Command.
00:52
North Division, the Command.
00:58
Do we have a fuel truck on site?
01:02
That's great.
01:06
Okay, I don't know what kind of access we're going to have, but Clint 9 and Clint 52 are going to need fuel here shortly.
01:19
Command the GMFD fuel threat.
01:27
Radio to Air Guard at 65.
01:32
65, go ahead.
01:34
Reset your encoder.
01:41
Engine 36 available quarters.
01:44
Engine 36 available quarters at 2055.
01:53
That tank farm from your location, do you have visual on the fire that we needed to knock in?
01:59
Same, no.
02:12
We've been in contact with local fire fuel truck.
02:15
We'll take care on this then.
02:17
Thank you.
02:24
Chief 87, the Battalion 3.
02:27
It looks like when they plod and phone, all fires they're knocked down,
02:31
still have Quinn 9 operating in the rear cooling tanks.
02:36
The tank 3 is okay on that.
02:44
Wolf of Fire Rescue 2 is on the scene.
02:48
What's up to do you see about getting rescue 46?
02:55
Little International's crash truck refilled the phone.
03:00
I've also got Air Guard 68 that needs to get back to their quarters to refill the phone.
03:06
You can see if I get the driving lane open down Gray Lane towards Outer Loop.
03:15
Safety to West Side Division.
03:19
We're shutting down the line for engine 20 so we can, they can access grade lane to the south.
03:32
...in service at 2058.
03:42
9.6.
03:44
1024-4-6.
03:52
10446. I understand that's a lot of problem when we're trying to re-service you.
04:07
That's correct. He was calling to reservice, but I'm not sure if you're wanting me to re-service with the phone they have on site or what we have at the station.
04:19
Yeah, I probably would you go back to the station to the service with F3. We have 47 filled with A triple S.
04:25
That's your computer order.
04:34
I'm now at the intersection of Grade Lane and Knopp Avenue, but I didn't want to drive over this three-inch line.
04:43
47 is full of the water now.
04:50
West Division, Airport J-2.
04:59
The battalion 3 to South Division Leader.
05:07
Battalion 3.
05:11
So a report from Quint 86 earlier was that they could not reach some vehicles that are sitting south of their location in the junkyard.
05:20
I don't know what kind of progress you all have made back in there or if you needed any resources.
05:35
I've got members reporting a small amount of fire in the tank farm on the western edge where the tank has leaned over against the other.
05:46
We're a small amount of fire up under that tank that can't get to.
05:53
The tiny three is okay.
06:01
We'll tie in 382, Air 465, are you all out of phone?
06:09
No,
06:10
we've got about a half a tank of phone.
Disclaimer:
This transcript was automatically generated and may contain inaccuracies. Please verify the information independently.
Location mentioned:
Outer Loop & Grade Ln, Louisville, KY 40219
This shows a Google Street View of the area near the location, which might not be the exact address.
Correct
Incorrect
