Fire in walls of Lowell residential building, Lowell MA


Firefighters responded to an active fire inside the walls of a residential building near Wamesit St, Lowell. They opened walls to locate the fire, coordinated with police and water department, and cleared the building. The fire was confirmed in the wall and above the bathroom area.
Audio|Source: Lowell Police Department
05:47
Transcript:
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With Karn 9, if you can respond to near Wamesit St,
00:07
they're going to be P-D for traffic over there. They do have smoke showing.
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Roll the nine-on-scene. All the nine on scene.
00:37
I want to have that.
00:43
We've got to Womerset. Katri, can you block Lawrence at Womisett?
00:50
All right.
00:53
S5, Philol, I'm going off tomorrow. It's definitely on the fence now.
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Lull has that fire is reporting that they have a fire in the wall.
01:05
The fire is reporting that they have a fire in the wall.
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The engine time responding.
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Mr.
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All right, hello, Lamar.
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Lawrence,
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I block you.
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Thank you, sir. See, sir.
01:51
Command, you have engine 1, engine 10, engine 2,
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engine 1, engine 10, engine 2. Engine 1 responding is writ.
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So engine 10 responding is writ.
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Rescue to rescue, bravo.
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I'm in the other half of the house.
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Wan message three, command the fire alarm. We're going to have a hydrant here.
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Notify the water department.
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File a hazard message, not enough hydrants, notifying the water department.
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Command of the rescue.
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Command of the rescue.
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Rescue, go ahead.
02:47
Yeah, Mike, when you're done inside here, I want you to come up right here, you're going to build.
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Yeah, sit down here.
03:01
All right, Chief, I'm on my way out.
03:04
Chief.
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I got fire coming up the outside of the wall here. I want to open up from the L side as well.
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I want to open up from the L side as well.
03:24
Chief, what's your location?
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Just come out to the rear of the building, you'll see water going down the driveway. They got a hose line out here.
03:31
They got a garden hose on it.
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All right, the whole building's been cleared.
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All right, I have it.
03:43
Fire on the coppering. Command engine, too.
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I believe the fire is in the walls up above the bathroom.
03:56
Receive, Chief, we're opening the wall up right now behind the washer and dryer on that floor.
04:02
All right, there are.
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Is the bathroom right next door to the washer room?
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We're checking right now.
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Light of three is on scene.
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Two to kind of three, where you open that wall to right now.
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Let me know if you need a line up there.
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Commandant, I'm you calling.
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Water departments are notified. They're getting somebody else about hydrogen right now. All right, I have it.
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Engine 101 Alpha, send it.
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Send the water.
04:52
Message received, saying water.
05:00
Last company read.
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One alpha to one, I need another wrench.
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My alarm to ladder two on channel two.
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Command answer.
05:29
Yeah,
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Chief, we open the wall in the bathroom. There's a little bit of heat, but we got no smokebo fire.
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All right, I have it.
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Make your way down, if you're all set up in, make your way down to the basement.
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And I just want you to check to see if there's anything going on right down underneath that's first floor bathroom.
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Thank you.
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