Massive structure fire triggers roof collapse near 720th Ave, Meeker County MN
Firefighters battle massive structure fire with roof collapse near 720th Avenue, with multiple units coordinating to contain heavy smoke and unstable conditions.
Audio|Source: Meeker County Sheriff, Police, Fire, and EMS
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Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, we have the roof fully gone on most of the building.
00:06
Okay.
00:08
I'll be on scene here.
00:09
Currently, I'll talk to him.
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553 to Chief 1.
00:23
Do you know where you want us? We're pulling here.
00:37
554 to Chief 1, where would you like us?
00:42
Watch command on Decre 7.
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Battalion 1, go ahead, tanker 4.
00:53
We're heading up 15 to County Road 18 and heading that way.
00:58
His ability is getting pretty tough up this way, so only seven roles left now.
01:05
Copy that. Your command will be DALCO Command, FYI.
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Take four copies.
01:16
Consum command for Hutch units.
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Hit drive in and pull in by 1.4 and then you'll come back.
01:35
5.553 to chief one.
01:36
Do you want us from the north side or where?
01:43
Take her forward to Hutch Engine 7th.
01:48
Can I come around up here on the north side?
01:58
Maybe you can stay right on the east side.
02:20
Hutch Engine 7, Hux Command,
02:25
were you calling for Engine 7?
02:31
Huck's Command.
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Watch Tanker 4 to Engine 7.
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Are you guys in rail yet?
02:39
Such as Engine 7, Tanker 4, no, we were waiting on 1.
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Tanker 4 to Engine 7, I advise you to take Highway 15 up to 18.
02:58
We will be taking Highway 15 to County Road 18 and coming in from the north.
03:16
It's fully gone.
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Absolutely gone on it.
03:21
Bad balls are on the stuff.
03:23
I'm gladden also.
03:26
Getting from there.
03:27
Everything is really soft back in here.
03:38
557, Chief One of admin.
03:44
Don't get too close here, a tanker.
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Keep backing up.
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Keep coming straight at me.
03:49
Don't cut the corner yet, but you'll get stuck.
03:55
Okay, cut it hard, right there, cut it hard.
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Cut it hard.
04:03
Okay, nice, nice seven.
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557, Chief Juan, the admin.
04:15
Yeah, 5-6-0.
04:18
Before we leave the hall here, we got two.
04:20
Is there anything else that you want out there before we take off?
04:26
Did anybody get in (name withheld)'s gear?
04:31
We'll grab it.
04:39
Dave,
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where are you at?
04:46
It's not a far west end of the building right now.
04:55
You just took it all the way through?
05:06
Did he that?
05:09
This thing's fully all the way through.
05:13
Yeah, it's collapsing all the way around.
05:20
I'm trying to walk down the other side here.
05:24
Do you think we should step the tower up or what?
05:37
Have you think you able to get up there and spray over that whole thing?
05:44
I think we should just work on this Darwin's side here in the Hark's Porter building, off the Sol.
05:53
Okay, we're Tower to Command, we're coming on scene.
06:00
6365-720th Avenue.
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Call the lookout chip.
06:04
I can just match copies engine 7 in route at 2201.
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I don't know if they can set it up there.
06:12
There's tear up here.
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Say again, hear me.
06:21
I don't want to get that tower up.
06:23
I'm going to get that tower up. I mean this cork on this downline size.
06:25
We've got one steel building.
06:27
Downwind.
06:42
Jimmy, you want us to pull up further?
06:48
Tower, we can't use you.
06:49
There's no way we can use it here.
06:53
Take a hard left.
06:54
Can you park behind that shed?
07:04
In 7, Meeker Dispatch, did you copy where in route?
07:09
Maker Dispatch copies in route.
07:21
Power.
07:24
I think we can have you drive back through here.
07:27
Me and Dave are looking at right now.
07:31
We've got two guys with packs coming your way.
07:36
We need you to drive right on the south side of that burning building.
07:41
There's a road there, goes small.
07:44
Let's stay on the road.
07:56
Yeah, it's a tower.
07:59
You can drive through this walk.
08:01
Dave is walking in that way, so hold on Dave over.
08:04
Got it right on? I'll take the elbow here.
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Cocado tanker.
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Cocado tanker copies.
08:14
You're gonna have to back through all that smoke,
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the back all the way in.
08:19
The asshole's gonna be leaving here shortly.
08:21
You have to back all the way back here.
08:29
Power, just watch out for Dave.
08:33
We see them, we got them.
08:35
We want to.
08:40
Oh, if you get off here, let's start with, we'll pull on one crossway.
08:46
Keep coming right at me.
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720th Ave, Collinwood Township, MN 55325
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