Light smoke reported in stairwell of apartment building, Richmond VA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a building fire near Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia. Light smoke was seen in the stairwell of a four-story apartment building. Occupants evacuated, and fire units investigated the building. No flames were visible from outside the building. Firefighters searched the building and confirmed it was clear. The incident was managed with several fire engines and trucks present at the scene.
Audio|Source: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Engine 18, engine 10, engine 12, engine 5, engine 6, truck 7, truck 3, safety 1, battalion 2, and battalion 1.
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Building fire.
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Near Monument Avenue.
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Engine 18, engine 10, engine 12, engine 5, engine 6, truck 7, truck 3, safety 1, battalion 2 and battalion 1.
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Building fire.
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Near Monument Avenue.
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Cross streets are near North Belmont Avenue and Cleveland Street.
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Contact Channel 6.
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Timeout, 18, 54.
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Showing out companies en route near Monument Avenue for the structure fire building fire.
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Collier is reporting the interior staircase is smoky.
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Running order, engine 18, engine 10, into 12, engine 5,
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truck 7, truck 3.
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Showing companies en route, 18, 55 hours.
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Is it, 18? We're gonna drop our bundle at Cleveland and,
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I'm sorry, Tilden and Monument.
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18, you doing Cleveland or Tilton, Cleveland?
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Cleveland, Cleveland.
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From Battalion 3, we made entry into the building, walked the entire building, it's all clear.
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...atron at Monument and Tilden, Monument and Tilden.
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There's nothing visible from the exterior.
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On command,
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you're supposed to be at the corner of the Monument to Franklin, who'll be in leaded by the opposite, to be an update the minute.
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Truck 7 will be the best to get group along with 18.
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The science, we just be a visor coming in, muffled.
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Richmond, you copy me any better now?
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Up Armadow.
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Four-story apartment building, nothing visible. Truck 7 is going to lead the investigative group along with Engine 18, occupants leading us in now.
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The First Story apartment building, Truck 7, leading the investigative group along with Engine 18,
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18-58 hours.
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Command Investigative Group.
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Go ahead.
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Light smoke conditions and common stairwell.
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I'm unable to find that parma, yes,
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searching.
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Proceed.
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Joe's got the hydrant.
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Franklin and Cleveland, Cleveland, the secondary.
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14 bravo for peter traviet
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Agent 12 and agent 6 merger hydrant
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It's gonna be Franklin
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Franklin cleveland
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12, give me a report from the Charlie side when you get a second.
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Man, truck through X-ray. I have nothing visible on the Charlie side.
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Let's see, Richmond 360s complete nothing visible, all four sides to the exterior, the four-story parking bill.
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Continuing to investigate.
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Richmond County is complete, that divisible all four sides. Still completing the investigation.
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Nice and a hundred hours.
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Midway up the, midway up, the building.
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Richmond Cappies on main dispatch,
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light smoke stairwell, midway up the building on Monument Avenue. Move your operations to Tech 6.
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Monument Command.
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Richmond for Monument Command.
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Monument Command.
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For now a working incident,
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12 from command.
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12, go ahead.
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You able to stretch on the Charlie side where truck three is reporting the condition in the stairwell?
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We're at the stairwell now.
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We're going to proceed in the stretch up on the third floor, stairwell.
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See.
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10 to 18, you're ready for water?
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And Richmond copies the work at fire, 19-012.
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Okay. This is hard, Richmond.
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Furn food, apartment 25 in the basement.
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Recommend just holding with a truck one inch.
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Can you give me the apartment again?
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Monument Ave, Richmond, VA
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