Explosion damages rail heater and starts brush fires, New Castle County DE
Fire & ArsonAn explosion occurred involving railroad repair equipment at East Red Lion Drive and West Red Lion Drive. A rail heater with a large onboard propane tank failed, causing damage to nearby buildings and starting brush fires along the railroad. Multiple fire units responded, managing both the structural damage and the brush fires. All railroad personnel were confirmed accounted for and no injuries were reported.
Audio|Source: New Castle County Fire
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Transcript:
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probably six at East Red Lion and West Red Lion drive at the Hydernardt.
00:14
She's a lot.
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Howard 12, go ahead.
00:30
Okay, several windows and ceiling tiles blown out. It just seems to be dust from that explosion now.
00:37
The church is clear inside.
00:44
Okay, you saw those vague doors and the way they're performed.
00:48
I just want to make sure we confirm that the explosion didn't occur inside.
00:58
We did a quick sweep for the warehouse. We'll go back end by the check.
01:14
Squad 2. Enter Cover.
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Fire station 12 through East Main Street, Christian.
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Ladder 19, ladder cover, fire station 9, 31 Academy Street.
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Responding Union to utilize Tack 4, 13 o'clock.
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emergency C-1306
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Cresciata command Do you want to find out of the way from the second hydrant?
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Not at this time, you can stand by there
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I'm not sure how much water the engines along the railroad are going to need
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but we at least have a thousand gallons there right now.
02:00
Robert, what assets do I have coming to the railway part of this?
02:05
Chief, right now you have 29-28 engines.
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Squad 9 is standing by a hydrant.
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You can go direct with them if you need them to stretch.
02:20
We're cutting through the fence on this side. You're going to have an inch and three-quarter in service from Squad 1-5 on the brush fire on the south side of where you are.
02:36
We'll rescue 113 L8 Street.
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We dial off the mayor's room.
02:43
Receive, responding.
02:47
I received.
02:51
An explosion here.
02:58
Receive, chief,
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explosion from the church, or is this possible hazmat type incident.
03:06
Now, the piece of railroad equipment is railroad repair equipment.
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Common sense would tell us that the explosion occurred where the railroad equipment is, but damage to this building over here could indicate something different.
03:22
We have crews checking the building now for evidence of interior explosion.
03:28
Received. Farber, can you be a favor and notify FM6, please,
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of the situation?
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188, the Cresana Command.
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Nate, you copy.
03:44
We got that engine three-quarter in service on this height.
03:48
That's correct. I'm here with 296 now. I just take contact with the railroad representative.
03:54
This piece of equipment is a rail heater,
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had a 500-gallon onboard propane tanks that suffer catastrophic failure, obviously.
04:03
An additional 50 gallons of diesel and 50 gallons of hydraulic fluid.
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The 296 is currently actively pooling in trying to extinguish this incident.
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I am going to need a brush truck of two to get up ahead of 296 if we can.
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It's not got one on the way.
04:23
Okay, Chief, I want you to handle the railroad,
04:27
anything associated with that, including the brush fire, and there's at least one, possibly two fires north of your location along Wrangell Hill Road. I saw a fence on fire.
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Five words, advise 188,
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two the field pieces are that are responding, and they can go direct with him.
04:51
Do we have a positive hydrant layout? Do we have a positive hydrant?
04:56
And it's 12 to 15, yeah, we're on positive water. Whenever you're ready, I can send it.
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Ready for water, wait one side, we've got a vehicle on my hose.
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All right, go ahead.
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All right, we're going.
05:15
Okay, so you want to see people on this channel or, uh,
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let's see if we can break part of this off. We want to walk them over each other.
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Engine 18 arrival, fourth engine assignment out with 9th line.
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Safety 12 arrival.
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She's safety 12. She's safety 12.
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271 to 88.
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Good night.
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Hey, how do you want us to access to you? What's your location if you want us to come to you?
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You can come either way on 72, which closed.
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Come right up to me,
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and we'll try to jockey 296 around,
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see if we can get you around them.
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I'll copy. We're coming across the bridge now.
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Commandant Safety 12.
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Thank you, 12.
06:23
Chief, you can clear and take care of battalion's racer.
06:29
Okay, receive.
06:33
Command 188, we're going to leave it all right here for now.
06:37
Also, we're putting a second-hand line in service on this side along the railroad.
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I got me. Engine 28, are you sufficient with resources down there? Do you need anything else?
06:52
We're picking up and we're going to check the devolvent next to us on the other side of the fence to make sure they can get over there.
07:00
I got me, thank you.
07:07
We still have traffic coming through so I don't know if you get that state tripper to move down to the red light or not.
07:18
I'll see if you're going to meet up for the neighborhood.
07:25
Oh again to Christianic command. What's your 20?
07:33
Recruciac, man.
07:36
Go ahead and fly towards.
07:39
I heard the traffic issues with Wrangle Hill.
07:42
We've already given it to DSP, TMC, as well as a request for fire police.
07:48
I heard a comment about the drone from Dave. Do we want to go with that, or are we holding off for that?
07:54
Negative on the drone.
07:55
Oh,
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yeah, dude, I'm at the church.
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18, the supply lines is coming up the road here.
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Is that in use for your incident?
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29 responding.
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188,
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the one that is south of the railroad we are using.
08:31
If you need a separate supply line, squad 9 should be in a position to stretch it to you.
08:39
All right, yeah, we're going to need to do that.
09:01
Can you check with that personnel from the railroad that you were speaking with and confirm that all of their people are accounted for?
09:11
We did have that report of one missing at one point.
09:16
No, that is correct. All their personnel are accounted for and uninjured.
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Okay.
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E Red Lion Dr & W Red Lion Dr, Delaware 19701
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